Norwegian allotment gardens — a study of motives and benefits

Landscape Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 853-868

  Nordh, Helena ^a   Wiklund, Kristin Tuv ^a   Koppang, Kaja Elisabeth ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community gardens; leisure; life quality; outdoor recreation; urban gardening

Indexed keywords

GARDEN CITY; OPEN SPACE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; OSLO [OSLO (CNT)];

EID: 84958544868     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2015.1125457     Document Type: Article

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