Manicured, romantic, or wild? The relation between need for structure and preferences for garden styles

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-186

  van den Berg, Agnes E ^a   van Winsum Westra, Marijke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allotment gardens; Landscape preference; Nature experience; Personality; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GARDEN; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77954315912     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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