Restoration in Urban Spaces: Nature Views From Home, Greenways, and Public Parks

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 796-825

  Honold, Jasmin ^a   Lakes, Tobia ^a   Beyer, Reinhard ^a   van der Meer, Elke ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

green space; hair cortisol; health; neighborhood; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARK DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; STEROID; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84969834629     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916514568556     Document Type: Article

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