Why do we need children's participation? the importance of children's participation in changing the city

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 407-419

  Tonucci, Francesco ^a,b   Rissotto, Antonella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ist di Psicol del Cons Naz D   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children's participation; Promotion; Urban environment; Young citizens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511462     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.641     Document Type: Article

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