Public green spaces and human wellbeing: Mapping the spatial inequity and mismatching status of public green space in the Central City of Shanghai

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-68

  Shen, Yanan ^a   Sun, Fengyun ^a   Che, Yue ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Check in records; Environmental injustice; Public green space; Socially vulnerable groups

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GREENSPACE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 85022177981     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.06.018     Document Type: Article

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