The influence of green space on community attachment of urban and suburban residents

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Arnberger, Arne ^a   Eder, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mail survey; Recreation use; Urban sprawl; Vienna

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; OWNERSHIP; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SAMPLING; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRIA; DANUBE RIVER; VIENNA;

EID: 84856368516     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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