What determines the use of urban green spaces in highly urbanized areas? - Examples from two fast growing Asian cities

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 150-159

  Schetke, Sophie ^a   Qureshi, Salman ^b,c,d   Lautenbach, Sven ^a   Kabisch, Nadja ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green perception; HCMC; Karachi; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RANGE EXPANSION; SPACE USE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

HO CHI MINH CITY; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; VIET NAM;

EID: 84959317904     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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