Visitors’ and residents’ perceptions of urban forests for leisure in Washington D.C

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 28, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-11

  Deng, Jinyang ^a   Andrada, Rogelio ^b   Pierskalla, Chad ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Perceptions; SEM; Tourism; Urban forests; Washington D.C

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; GARDEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SURVEY METHOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 85030090681     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.09.007     Document Type: Article

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