Children's perceptions of river landscapes and play: What children's photographs reveal

Landscape Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-204

  Tunstall, Sylvia ^a   Tapsell, Susan ^a   House, Margaret ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Perception; Play; River management; Rivers

Indexed keywords

CHILD; LANDSCAPE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPH;

EID: 3042680158     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390410001690365     Document Type: Article

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