Analyzing the activity spaces of low-income teenagers: How do they perceive the spaces where activities are carried out?

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 511-528

  McCray, Talia M ^a   Mora, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC SPACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STUDENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 82255191815     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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