Children and city design: Proactive process and the ‘renewal’ of childhood

Children and their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 217-237

  Francis, Mark ^a   Lorenzo, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Italy)

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EID: 65749104094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511521232.014     Document Type: Chapter

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