Childhood development and access to nature: A new direction for environmental inequality research

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-122

  Strife, Susan ^a   Downey, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to nature; Childhood development; Environmental inequality; Green space; Youth

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EQUITY; GREENSPACE; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 66049094708     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609333340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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