Environmental quality analysis for sustainable urban public green spaces management in Bartın, Turkey

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 938-946

  Cengiz, Canan ^a   Cengiz, Bülent ^a   Bekci, Banu ^a  

^a BARTIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bartin; Environmental quality; Landscape management; Urban public green spaces; User preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; URBAN PUBLIC GREEN SPACE;

EID: 84869103573     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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