Structural diversity: A multi-Dimensional approach to assess recreational services in urban parks

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 480-491

  Voigt, Annette ^a   Kabisch, Nadja ^b   Wurster, Daniel ^a   Haase, Dagmar ^c   Breuste, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Recreation; Structural diversity; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; PARK MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRIA; BERLIN; GERMANY; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA];

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SANITATION;

AUSTRIA; BERLIN; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION;

EID: 84902076565     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0508-9     Document Type: Article

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