Relation between visitors' behaviour and characteristics of green spaces in the city of Granada, south-eastern Spain

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 534-542

  Adinolfi, Cristiano ^a,b   Suárez Cáceres, Gina Patricia ^b   Cariñanos, Paloma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental services; Green spaces; Mediterranean urban green zones; Urban Parks; Visitors' behaviour

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN PLANNING;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84905754758     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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