Influences on the use of urban green space - A case study in Odense, Denmark

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Schipperijn, Jasper ^a   Stigsdotter, Ulrika K ^a   Randrup, Thomas B ^b   Troelsen, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NIRAS A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Frequency of use; Green space size; Human behaviour; Questionnaire survey; Socioecological model

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LOGISTICS; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

DENMARK; FYN; ODENSE; SYDDANMARK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77951255377     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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