Stressed individuals' preferences for activities and environmental characteristics in green spaces

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-304

  Stigsdotter, Ulrika Karlsson ^a   Grahn, Patrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

City planning; Health promotion; Level of Stress; Public health; User perspective

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENSPACE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REFUGIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 81055156983     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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