Increasing the use of urban greenways in developing countries: A case study on Wutong greenway in Shenzhen, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Chen, Yiyong ^a   Gu, Weiying ^b   Liu, Tao ^c   Yuan, Lei ^a   Zeng, Mali ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Pingshan Research Center of Planning and Natural Resources in Shenzhen   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Duration of use; Frequency of use; Logistic regression; Urban greenway

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GREENSPACE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATIONAL PARK; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019693436     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060554     Document Type: Article

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