Investigating green urbanism; building oppressiveness

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 555-562

  Asgarzadeh, Morteza ^a   Koga, Takaaki ^a   Yoshizawa, Nozomu ^b   Munakata, Jun ^c   Hirate, Kotaroh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental psychology; Green urbanism; Greenery; Landscape architecture; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; TALL BUILDINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; GREEN URBANISM; GREENERY; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78649615199     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.9.555     Document Type: Article

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