The relationship between school ground design and intensity of physical activity

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-276

  Dyment, Janet E ^a   Bell, Anne C ^b   Lucas, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green play; Natural elements; Physical activity; School ground

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958132069     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903024423     Document Type: Article

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