Factors influencing perceived access to urban parks: A comparative study of Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China)

Habitat International

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-346

  Wang, Dong ^a   Brown, Gregory ^a   Zhong, Guoping ^b   Liu, Yan ^a   Mateo Babiano, Iderlina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Australia; China; Community survey; Cross cultural analysis; Park planning

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; CHINA; GUANGDONG; QUEENSLAND; ZHONGSHAN;

EID: 84942509321     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.032     Document Type: Article

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