Physical activity and rural young people's sense of place

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-208

  Lee, Jessica ^a   Abbott, Rebecca ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maps; Photos; Physical activity; Place; Rural young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951971423     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280902798894     Document Type: Article

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