The journey and the destination matter: Child-Friendly Cities and children's right to the City

Built Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 474-486

  Whitzman, Carolyn ^a   Worthington, Megan ^b   Mizrachi, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CYCLE TRANSPORT; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL POLICY; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 78650228160     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.36.4.474     Document Type: Article

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