Benefits and costs of urban parks: A review

Aestimum

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-143

  Tempesta, Tiziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benefits evaluation; Benessere della popolazione; Parchi urbani; People wellbeing; Stima dei benefici; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013110526     PISSN: 15926117     EISSN: 17242118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13128/Aestimum-17943     Document Type: Article

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