An inclusive outdoors? Disabled people's experiences of countryside leisure services

Leisure Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-417

  Burns, Nicola ^a   Paterson, Kevin ^a   Watson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countryside; Disability; Diversity; Inequality; Leisure

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; LEGISLATION; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950767121     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360903071704     Document Type: Article

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