Playground planning and management: An evaluation of standard-influenced provision through user needs

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-42

  Jansson, Märit ^a   Persson, Bengt ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Planning standards; Urban landscape management

Indexed keywords

CHILD; GIS; HOME GARDEN; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77951024862     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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