Children in the intensifying city: Lessons from Auckland's walking school buses

Creating Child Friendly Cities: Reinstating Kids in the City

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 105-120

  Kearns, Robin ^a   Collins, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34248547706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203087176     Document Type: Chapter

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