Revisiting the River Skerne: The long-term social benefits of river rehabilitation

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-103

  Åberg, E Ulrika ^a   Tapsell, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amenity value; Environmental design; Nature restoration; Perception surveys; Public engagement; Urban riverscapes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; RIVERS; SURVEYS;

AMENITY VALUES; ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; RIVER REHABILITATION; RIVERSCAPES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; TRANSPARENT PROCESS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PROJECT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING;

DARLINGTON [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875604781     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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