Leisure, public space and quality of life in the urban environment

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-356

  Lloyd, Kathleen ^a   Auld, Christopher ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Leisure; Public space; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349089499     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0811114032000147395     Document Type: Article

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