Social interactions in urban parks: Stimulating social cohesion?

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Peters, Karin ^a   Elands, Birgit ^a   Buijs, Arjen ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Green areas; Nature; Non Western immigrants; Recreational use

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; ETHNIC GROUP; GREENSPACE; PARK DESIGN; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVEY; URBAN REGION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77950861978     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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