The impact of socio-demographic, environmental, and individual factors on urban park visitation in Beijing, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 163, Issue , 2017, Pages S181-S188

  Liu, Hongxiao ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Xu, Lianfang ^b   Han, Baolong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Built environment; Ecosystem service; Green infrastructure; Park visitation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HOUSING; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION;

BEIJING; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION MODELS; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXERCISE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84944144906     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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