The rarity of direct experiences of nature in an urban population

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 160, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-84

  Cox, Daniel T C ^a   Hudson, Hannah L ^a   Shanahan, Danielle F ^b   Fuller, Richard A ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connection to nature; Exposure to nature; Extinction of experience; Green space; Nature interactions; Nature relatedness

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

CONNECTION TO NATURE; DIRECT EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE TO NATURE; GREEN SPACES; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; NATURE RELATEDNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

CONSERVATION;

BASELINE SURVEY; GREENSPACE; GROWTH CURVE; LIFESTYLE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RARITY; RELATEDNESS; RESIDENT POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85007595786     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.12.006     Document Type: Article

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