Do Seats, Food Vendors, and Sculptures Improve Plaza Visitability?

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 805-825

  Abdulkarim, Dina ^a   Nasar, Jack L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

preference scale; public art; public space; sittable; triangulation; vendors; visitability scale

Indexed keywords

ART; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC SPACE; RANKING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 84891942860     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512475299     Document Type: Article

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