Attitudes of citizens towards urban parks and green spaces for urban sustainability: The case of Gyeongsan City, Republic of Korea

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8240-8254

  Lee, Young Chang ^a   Kim, Keun Ho ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Green infrastructure; Pocket parks; Quality of life; Urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CITIZENSHIP; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; PARK MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

GYEONGSAN; NORTH KYONGSANG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84938349838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7078240     Document Type: Article

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