Staying in touch with nature and well-being in different income groups: The experience of urban parks in Bogotá

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 139-148

  Scopelliti, M ^a,d   Carrus, G ^b   Adinolfi, C ^c   Suarez, G ^e   Colangelo, G ^c   Lafortezza, R ^c   Panno, A ^b   Sanesi, G ^c  

^a LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d CIRPA Interuniversity Research Centre on Environmental Psychology   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green spaces; Psychological restoration; Urban ecosystem services; Urban forestry; Urban stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GREEN SPACES; PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; WELL BEING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GREENSPACE; INCOME; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84954243762     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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