Influence of green spaces on environmental satisfaction and physiological status of urban residents

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-497

  Qin, Jun ^a,c   Zhou, Xin ^b   Sun, Chanjuan ^b   Leng, Hanbing ^d   Lian, Zhiwei ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Botanical Garden   (China)

^d Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Plant Innovation   (China)

Author keywords

Physiological parameters; Urban green spaces; Vegetation environmental satisfaction

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESIDENT POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84888046246     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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