Public perceptions of freshwater wetlands in Victoria, Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-154

  Dobbie, Meredith ^a   Green, Ray ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Cognitive structure; Landscape perception; Meaning; Values; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COGNITIVE STRUCTURES; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; LANDSCAPE PERCEPTIONS; MEANING; VALUES; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

WETLANDS;

BIOPHYSICS; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ESTHETICS; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPH; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84871787235     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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