Factors affecting the use of urban green spaces for physical activities: Views of young urban residents in Beijing

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 851-857

  Zhang, Wenjuan ^a   Yang, Jun ^b   Ma, Lvyi ^a   Huang, Conghong ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Green spaces; Physical activities; Questionnaire; Residential units; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GREENSPACE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION COVER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84951824967     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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