Peoples' use of, and concerns about, green space networks: A case study of Birchwood, Warrington New Town, UK

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Tzoulas, Konstantinos ^a   James, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Green infrastructure; Naturalistic landscape; Non participant observation; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; NATURALNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBAN REGION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WARRINGTON [ENGLAND];

EID: 77950858891     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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