Green spaces in the direct living environment and social contacts of the aging population

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-54

  Kemperman, Astrid ^a   Timmermans, Harry ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Bayesian belief network; Green spaces; Living environment; Social contacts

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; SURVEYS;

AGING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; GREEN SPACES; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SOCIAL CONTACTS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

AGING POPULATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84904739292     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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