Neighbourhood green space in deprived urban communities: Issues and barriers to use

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 989-1002

  Gidlow, Christopher James ^a   Ellis, Naomi Jane ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti social behaviour; deprived; green space; neighbourhood; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; STAFFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859080825     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.582861     Document Type: Article

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