Do you think that your local area is a good place for young people to grow up? The effects of traffic and car parking on young people's views

Health and Place

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Mullan, Elaine ^a,b  

^a National Assembly for Wales   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental design; Perceptions of local area; Quality of life; Traffic

Indexed keywords

PARKING; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF PLACE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD GROWTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC; WELLBEING;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0141788704     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(02)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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