Factors influencing the use of green space: Results from a Danish national representative survey

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 130-137

  Schipperijn, Jasper ^a   Ekholm, Ola ^b   Stigsdotter, Ulrika K ^a   Toftager, Mette ^b   Bentsen, Peter ^a   Kamper Jørgensen, Finn ^b   Randrup, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

City planning; Green space management; Health; Logistic regression; Outdoor recreation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

CITY PLANNERS; FREQUENCY OF USE; GREEN SPACES; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NEIGHBOURHOOD; OUTDOOR RECREATION; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL HEALTH;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

DENMARK;

EID: 77549086810     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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