Relations between naturalness and perceived restorativeness of different urban green spaces;Las relaciones entre la naturalidad y el potencial restaurador percibido de diferente zonas verdes urbanas

Psyecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 227-244

  Carrus, Giuseppe ^a,d   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^b   Colangelo, Giuseppe ^b   Dentamaro, Ivana ^b   Scopelliti, Massimiliano ^c,d   Sanesi, Giovanni ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CIRPA Interuniversity Research Centre on Environmental Psychology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Naturalness; Perceived restorativeness; Urban green space typologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887686251     PISSN: 21711976     EISSN: 19899386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/217119713807749869     Document Type: Article

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