Recreational visits to urban parks and factors affecting park visits: Evidence from geotagged social media data

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 180, Issue , 2018, Pages 27-35

  Zhang, Sai ^a,b   Zhou, Weiqi ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Big data; Cultural ecosystem services; Park use; Recreational demand; Urban greenspace; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; ECOSYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PARK USE; RECREATIONAL DEMAND; URBAN GREENSPACE; VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; DATA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPACE USE; TYPOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85051394795     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.08.004     Document Type: Article

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