Urban landscapes - everyday environmental encounters, their meaning and importance for the individual

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 819-839

  Coles, Richard ^a   Millman, Zoé ^a   Flannigan, John ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biophysical environment; Landscape perception; Street trees; Urban canal; Urban nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888311749     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-013-0327-y     Document Type: Article

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