Beyond proximity: The importance of green space useability to self-reported health

EcoHealth

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 322-332

  Carter, May ^a   Horwitz, Pierre ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

proximity; quality; self reported health; urban green space; useability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84905276704     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0952-9     Document Type: Article

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