My garden - my mate? Perceived restorativeness of private gardens and its predictors

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 182-187

  Cervinka, Renate ^a,b   Schwab, Markus ^a,b   Schönbauer, Regina ^a   Hämmerle, Isabella ^c   Pirgie, Laura ^a   Sudkamp, Jennifer ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University College for Agrarian and Environmental Education   (Austria)

^c VORARLBERG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allotment; Connectedness; Green space; Perceived Restorativeness Scale; Restorative environment; Well being

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84960088113     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.01.013     Document Type: Article

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