Assessing the visual quality of green landscaping in rural residential areas: The case of Changzhou, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 951-967

  Yao, Yumin ^a   Zhu, Xiaodong ^a   Xu, Yingbi ^b   Yang, Haiyan ^c   Wu, Xian ^d   Li, Yangfan ^a   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COLLEGE OF CHINA   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changzhou; Green landscaping; Landscape assessment; Rural area; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

CHANGZHOU; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COLOR CONTRAST; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GREEN LANDSCAPING; GREEN SPACES; GREENWAYS; LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SCENIC BEAUTY; VISUAL QUALITIES; YANGTZE RIVER;

RURAL AREAS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDSCAPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIVER; RURAL AREA; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; GARDENING; HOUSING; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PLANTS; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION;

CHANGZHOU; CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 84857370675     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2012-z     Document Type: Article

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