Giving parks back to people: A transportation study of New Orleans City Park with implications for improving public health

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 879-890

  Renne, John Luciano ^a   Bennett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle; New Orleans; Park planning; Pedestrian; Public health; Street closure; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PEDESTRIAN; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650042640     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.531697     Document Type: Article

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