Socioeconomic effect on perception of urban green spaces in Guangzhou, China

Cities

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-131

  Jim, C Y ^a   Shan, Xizhang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distance reinforced perception; Nature education; Participatory planning; Socioeconomic effect; Urban green space; Visitor perception

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GREENSPACE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84875213025     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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