Greenway use and preferences in diverse urban communities: Implications for trail design and management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 172, Issue , 2018, Pages 47-59

  Keith, Samuel J ^a   Larson, Lincoln R ^b   Shafer, C Scott ^c   Hallo, Jeffrey C ^d   Fernandez, Mariela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Constraints; Green infrastructure; Motivations; Race ethnicity; Recreation; Trails

Indexed keywords

URBAN GROWTH;

BENEFITS; CONSTRAINTS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; RACE/ETHNICITY; RECREATION; TRAILS;

MOTIVATION;

DESIGN; ETHNICITY; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROFITABILITY; RACE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPACE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; SAN ANTONIO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044373431     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.12.007     Document Type: Article

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