Psychosocial Outcomes as Motivations for Visiting Nearby Urban Green Spaces

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-365

  Home, Robert ^a   Hunziker, Marcel ^b   Bauer, Nicole ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

motivations; psychosocial outcomes; urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GREENSPACE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; URBAN AREA;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84863326430     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2012.687644     Document Type: Article

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