Conflict, exclusion, relocation: Skateboarding and public space

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-318

  Németh, Jeremy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SPACE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPACE USE; URBAN POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749023297     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574800600888343     Document Type: Article

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