Accessibility and usability: Green space preferences, perceptions, and barriers in a rapidly urbanizing city in Latin America

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-282

  Wright Wendel, Heather E ^a   Zarger, Rebecca K ^b   Mihelcic, James R ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Green space; Inequalities; Parks; Safety; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GREEN MANUFACTURING; PARKING; SPACE RESEARCH;

GENDER; GREEN SPACES; INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS; INEQUALITIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN QUALITY OF LIFE; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

DEVELOPING WORLD; GREENSPACE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPACE USE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

BOLIVIA; LATIN AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA];

EID: 84864499055     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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