Hidden voices: The participation of people with learning disabilities in the experience of public open space

Local Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-529

  Mathers, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disability; Participation; Photo elicitation; Public open space; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DISABILITY; LEARNING; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC SPACE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 50349099744     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830802259912     Document Type: Article

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