Reducing the extinction of experience: Association between urban form and recreational use of public greenspace

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-75

  Soga, Masashi ^a,b   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a,c   Aikoh, Tetsuya ^a   Shoji, Yasushi ^a   Kubo, Takahiro ^d,e   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biophilia; Ecosystem services; Human wellbeing; Public greenspaces; Social health; Sustainable cities

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOPHILIA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN SPACES; HUMAN WELLBEING; SUSTAINABLE CITIES;

SURVEYS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBAN AREA;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84957028337     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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