The impact of green space and biodiversity on health

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 383-390

  Lai, Hakkan ^a   Flies, Emily J ^b   Weinstein, Philip ^c   Woodward, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTHETICS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH STATUS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85068501555     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.2077     Document Type: Review

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