Crossing roads, crossing boundaries: Empowerment and participation in a child pedestrian safety intitiative

Space and Polity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-212

  Kearns, Robin A ^a   Collins, Damian C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EMPOWERMENT; PEDESTRIAN; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0242338414     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356257032000133937     Document Type: Article

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