‘Nature Strip’: Australian Suburbia and the Enculturation of Nature

Thesis Eleven

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-75

  Hogan, Trevor ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; culture; George Seddon; nature; nature strip; suburbia; third space

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247460357     PISSN: 07255136     EISSN: 14617455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/07255136030741005     Document Type: Article

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