Place meanings surrounding an urban natural area: A qualitative inquiry

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-352

  Spartz, James T ^a   Shaw, Bret R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy groups; Natural resources management; Place meaning; Sense of place; Urban natural area

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053597497     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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