Area-Level Disparities of Public Open Space: A Geographic Information Systems Analysis in Metropolitan Melbourne

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-323

  Mavoa, Suzanne ^a,b   Koohsari, Mohammad Javad ^a,c   Badland, Hannah M ^a   Davern, Melanie ^a   Feng, Xiaoqi ^d   Astell Burt, Thomas ^d,e   Giles Corti, Billie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accessibility; equity; geographic information systems; Melbourne; Public open space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947496070     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2014.974747     Document Type: Article

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