Do configurational attributes matter in context of urban parks? Park pathway configurational attributes and senior walking

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 188-202

  Zhai, Yujia ^a   Baran, Perver Korça ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Pathway; Senior walking; Space syntax; Urban park

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONFIGURATION; PATHWAY; SENIOR WALKING; SPACE SYNTAX; URBAN PARKS;

SYNTACTICS;

GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84956662211     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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