Forest dear and forest fear: Dwellers' relationships to their neighbourhood forest

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Skår, Margrete ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fear; Forest experiences; Gender; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

COMPLEMENTARY THEORIES; FEAR; FOREST EXPERIENCES; GENDER; PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENDER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN REGION;

NORWAY;

EID: 77957843443     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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