Outdoor play spaces in Canada: The safety dance of standards as policy

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-138

  Herrington, Susan ^a   Nicholls, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Open space; Playgrounds; Policy; Standards

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; OPEN SPACE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846419849     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307072210     Document Type: Article

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