Who doesn’t visit natural environments for recreation and why: A population representative analysis of spatial, individual and temporal factors among adults in England

This paper is based on an MSc project conducted by the first author and supervised by the second author. It was supported by funding from the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Environmental Change and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – UK in partnership with Public Health England (PHE) – UK, and in collaboration with the University of Exeter – UK, University College London – UK, and the Met Office – UK.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Landscape and Urban Planning

• Publication date

  2018-03-30

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.LANDURBPLAN.2018.03.016
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