Attitudes and aesthetic reactions toward green roofs in the Northeastern United States

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-21

  Jungels, Jeremy ^a   Rakow, Donald A ^a   Allred, Shorna Broussard ^a   Skelly, Sonja M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Green roofs; Landscape attitudes; Landscape preference; Living roofs; Urban greening

Indexed keywords

GREEN MANUFACTURING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GREEN ROOF; GREEN ROOF INDUSTRY; LANDSCAPE ATTITUDES; LANDSCAPE PREFERENCES; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; URBAN GREENING;

ROOFS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GRASS; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROOF; SURVEYING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879731770     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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