Bodies and spaces: An exploration of disabled people's experiences of public space

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-433

  Butler, Ruth ^a   Bowlby, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PEOPLE; PUBLIC SPACE; SPATIAL MOBILITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, BERKSHIRE, READING; UK, ENGLAND, WEST YORKSHIRE, LEEDS;

EID: 0031428186     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d150411     Document Type: Article

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