How much green is needed for a vital neighbourhood? In search for empirical evidence

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 330-345

  Szulczewska, Barbara ^a   Giedych, Renata ^a   Borowski, Jacek ^a   Kuchcik, Magdalena ^b   Sikorski, Piotr ^a   Mazurkiewicz, Anna ^a   Stańczyk, Tomasz ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eco spatial index; Environmental performance; Land use planning

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; LAND USE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN PLANNING;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 84890937750     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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