Developing the urban blue: Comparative health responses to blue and green urban open spaces in Germany

Health and Place

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-205

  Völker, Sebastian ^a   Kistemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Salutogenic health; Therapeutic landscapes; Urban blue space; Urban green space; Well being

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN BLUE SPACE; URBAN GREEN SPACE; VERY ELDERLY; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

COLOGNE; DUSSELDORF; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946910290     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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