Fish in a mall aquarium-An ethological investigation of biophilia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Windhager, Sonja ^a   Atzwanger, Klaus ^a   Bookstein, Fred L ^a,b   Schaefer, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Biophilia; Human behavior; Restorative environments

Indexed keywords

VIDEO RECORDING;

ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL MEASURES; BIOPHILIA; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN ORGANISMS; RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT; VIENNA , AUSTRIA;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION; AQUARIUM; FISH; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MARKETING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRIA; VIENNA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449307920     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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