Perceived environmental quality as an input to urban infill policy-making

Urban Design International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-35

  Kyttä, Marketta ^a   Kahila, Maarit ^a   Broberg, Anna ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

GIS; perceived environmental quality; softGIS; urban infill policy

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; GREENSPACE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI;

EID: 78751513656     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2010.19     Document Type: Article

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