Park Use Among Youth and Adults: Examination of Individual, Social, and Urban Form Factors

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 768-800

  Baran, Perver K ^a   Smith, William R ^a   Moore, Robin C ^a   Floyd, Myron F ^a   Bocarro, Jason N ^a   Cosco, Nilda G ^a   Danninger, Thomas M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; neighborhood park use; pedestrian infrastructure; street connectivity; urban form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CRIME; GENDER; INFRASTRUCTURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 84903973570     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512470134     Document Type: Article

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