Perception of native arid nature in urban surroundings by young urban educated dwellers in Jordan

ABUAYYASH Halimeh; BREUSTE Jürgen; SABOURI Ramin

doi:10.5897/AJEST2022.3161

African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-0786
DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
Start Year: 2007
Published Articles: 1126

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Perception of native arid nature in urban surroundings by young urban educated dwellers in Jordan

ABUAYYASH Halimeh

ABUAYYASH Halimeh
Sustainable Development Policy, Economics, and Governance (SDPEG), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, United States.
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BREUSTE Jürgen

BREUSTE Jürgen
Urban and Landscape Ecology Research Group, Department of Environment and Biodiversity, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
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SABOURI Ramin

SABOURI Ramin
Urban and Landscape Ecology Research Group, Department of Environment and Biodiversity, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
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Article Number - FC21F6C70209
Vol.17(1), pp. 9-25 , January 2023
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST2022.3161

Received: 14 October 2022
Accepted: 29 December 2022
Published: 31 January 2023

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