Public parks and the geography of fear

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-250

  Madge, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Race'; Age; Fear; Gender; Planning; Public parks

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC FEAR; PUBLIC PARK; URBAN PARK; URBAN SOCIETY;

UK, ENGLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER;

EID: 0031414031     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1997.tb01601.x     Document Type: Article

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