Urban research and child-friendly cities: A new australian outline

Children's Geographies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-192

  Woolcock, Geoffrey ^a   Gleeson, Brendan ^a   Randolph, Bill ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child friendly cities; Urban development; Urban policy; Well being; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957890314     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733281003691426     Document Type: Review

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