Factors influencing visitors to suburban open space areas near a northern Japanese city

Forests

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-165

  Aikoh, Tetsuya ^a   Abe, Reina ^a   Kohsaka, Ryo ^b   Iwata, Mari ^c   Shoji, Yasushi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple regression analysis; Number of visitors; Suburban park; Weather condition; Weather forecast

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SITUATION; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUMBER OF VISITORS; OPEN SPACE; SOCIAL FACTOR; STEPWISE METHODS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER FORECASTS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SERVICES; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PARKS;

MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPEN SPACE; PARK MANAGEMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

JAPAN;

EID: 84869240620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f3020155     Document Type: Article

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