Community attachment and resident attitude toward old masonry walls and associated trees in urban Hong Kong

Cities

Volumn 42, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 130-141

  Lo, Alex Y ^a   Jim, C Y ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compact city; Place attachment; Public perception; Stone retaining walls; Urban nature conservation; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MASONRY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84908632295     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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