Assessing restorative components of small urban parks using conjoint methodology

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Nordh, Helena ^a   Alalouch, Chaham ^b   Hartig, Terry ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention restoration; Landscape architecture; Park design; Restorative environment; Stress recovery

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PARK DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN PLANNING;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 79953327276     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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