Characteristics of urban parks and their relation to user well-being

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 189, Issue , 2019, Pages 27-35

  Ayala Azcárraga, Cristina ^a   Diaz, Daniel ^a,b   Zambrano, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

GREEN SPACES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; URBAN CITIZENS; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN PARKS; USAGE PATTERNS; WELL BEING;

URBAN PLANNING;

BIOSAFETY; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; OPEN SPACE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; URBAN AREA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 85064491690     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.04.005     Document Type: Article

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