'Our town': Children as advocates for change in the city

Childhood

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-262

  Gallagher, Claire B ^a  

^a GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children as advocates; Community design; Resilience; Urban children

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942590948     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568204043060     Document Type: Review

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