Elderly people, personal mobility and local environment: An opportunity for fieldwork

Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-217

  Gant, Robert ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEING POPULATION; ELDERLY PEOPLE; MOBILITY NEEDS; PERSONAL MOBILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

UK, ENGLAND, SURREY, KINGSTON UPON THAMES;

EID: 0031438828     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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