Use of public urban green spaces for spiritual services in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 38, Issue , 2019, Pages 97-104

  Ngulani, T ^a   Shackleton, C M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Prayers; Public green spaces; Spiritual services; Travel cost method; Value

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

BULAWAYO [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85057624219     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.11.009     Document Type: Article

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