A methodological approach to the environmental quantitative assessment of urban parks

Applied Geography

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-101

  Cohen, Pninit ^a   Potchter, Oded ^a   Schnell, Izhak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental quality; Integrative method; Noise nuisances; Thermal sensation; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894379659     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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