A framework for rating environmental value of urban parks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 395-401

  Jabben, Jan ^a   Weber, Miriam ^b   Verheijen, Edwin ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b DCMR Environmental Protection Agency   (Netherlands)

^c DBvision ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Noise; Parks; Restoration; Soundscape

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; HOUSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARKING; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; NOISE; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESTORATION LEVEL; SOUNDSCAPES;

RESTORATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; PARK MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE; EXTERNAL PROPERTY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN PARK; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84917708670     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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