Building communities through leisure: Citizen participation in a Healthy Communities initiative

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-182

  Arai, Susan M ^a,b   Pedlar, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Community building; Healthy communities; Serious leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000306042     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1997.11949792     Document Type: Article

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