Using social media to understand drivers of urban park visitation in the Twin Cities, MN

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 175, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-10

  Donahue, Marie L ^a   Keeler, Bonnie L ^a   Wood, Spencer A ^b,c   Fisher, David M ^c   Hamstead, Zoé A ^d   McPhearson, Timon ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies   (United States)

^g STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural ecosystem services; Green space; Park use; Recreation; Spatial analysis; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING;

CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN SPACES; PARK USE; RECREATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA DATUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN PARKS;

PARKS;

ACCESSIBILITY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARK MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPACE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044138359     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.02.006     Document Type: Article

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