Public Green Space Use and Consequences on Urban Vitality: An Assessment of European Cities

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 751-767

  Lopes, Miguel Nogueira ^a   Camanho, Ana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cities; DEA; Europe; Green space; Public space; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; GREENSPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84881025724     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0106-9     Document Type: Article

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