Adults' motivation for bringing their children to park playgrounds

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 396-405

  Refshauge, Anne Dahl ^a   Stigsdotter, Ulrika K ^a   Cosco, Nilda G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denmark; Playground design; Playground location; Public urban green space; Socialising in playgrounds; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

DENMARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868214685     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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