The walking school bus: Extending children's geographies?

Area

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-292

  Kearns, Robin A ^a   Collins, Damian C A ^b   Neuwelt, Patricia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Mixed methods; New Zealand; Pedestrian; Safety; Schools; Walking buses

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDUCATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WALKING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0141786677     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4762.00177     Document Type: Article

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