Workplace greenery and perceived level of stress: Benefits of access to a green outdoor environment at the workplace

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-11

  Lottrup, Lene ^a   Grahn, Patrik ^b   Stigsdotter, Ulrika K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude; Garden; Gender difference; Health; Nature; Outdoor environment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

ATTITUDE; GARDEN; GENDER DIFFERENCES; NATURE; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENDER DISPARITY; GREENSPACE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKPLACE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84871753304     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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