Escaping monstropolis: Child-friendly cities, peak oil and monsters, Inc

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-308

  Tranter, Paul J ^a   Sharpe, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allegory; Child friendly cities; Film; Peak oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953047087     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280802184021     Document Type: Article

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