Development of a Public Open Space Desktop Auditing Tool (POSDAT): A remote sensing approach

Applied Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-30

  Edwards, Nicole ^a   Hooper, Paula ^a   Trapp, Georgina S A ^a   Bull, Fiona ^a   Boruff, Bryan ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit tool; Park; Physical activity; Public open space; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

OPEN SPACE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC SPACE; REMOTE SENSING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870993114     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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