'There's only so much money hot dog sales can bring in': The intersection of green school grounds and socio-economic status

Children's Geographies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-323

  Dyment, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's play spaces; Class; Environmental education; Green school grounds; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959608176     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280500352946     Document Type: Article

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