"I'm always entirely happy when I'm here!" Urban blue enhancing human health and well-being in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Germany

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-124

  Völker, Sebastian ^a   Kistemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cities; Environmental health; Germany; Therapeutic landscape; Urban blue; Urban planning; Water and health; Well being

Indexed keywords

WATER;

HEALTH CARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEISURE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; RIVER; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIVERS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

COLOGNE; DUSSELDORF; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84872376805     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.047     Document Type: Article

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