Do perceived walking distance to and use of urban blue spaces affect self-reported physical and mental health?

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-9

  Völker, Sebastian ^a   Heiler, Angela ^b   Pollmann, Thorsten ^b   Claßen, Thomas ^b   Hornberg, Claudia ^b   Kistemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue space; Green space; Health promotion; Salutogenesis; Water bodies

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPACE USE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

BIELEFELD; GELSENKIRCHEN; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 85032672405     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.10.014     Document Type: Article

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