Children as agents in sustainable development: The ecology of competence

Children and their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 199-216

  Heft, Harry ^a   Chawla, Louise ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957481203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511521232.013     Document Type: Chapter

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