Creating Child-Friendly High-Rise Environments: Beyond Wastelands and Glasshouses

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-249

  Whitzman, Carolyn ^a   Mizrachi, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child friendly cities; children's independent mobility; high rise; local environments; Melbourne

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865986672     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2012.663729     Document Type: Article

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