How important is perception of safety to park use? A four-city survey

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2624-2636

  Lapham, Sandra C ^a   Cohen, Deborah A ^b   Han, Bing ^b   Williamson, Stephanie ^b   Evenson, Kelly R ^c   McKenzie, Thomas L ^d   Hillier, Amy ^e   Ward, Phillip ^f  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

observation; parks; physical activity; public facilities; recreation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; METROPOLITAN AREA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC SPACE; SWIMMING; WALKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979976461     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015592822     Document Type: Article

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