Living on a building site: Young people's experiences of emerging 'Sustainable Communities' in England

Geoforum

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-199

  Kraftl, Peter ^a   Christensen, Pia ^b   Horton, John ^c   Hadfield Hill, Sophie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood and youth; Children's geographies; Children's mobilities; Geographies of architecture; Materiality; Urban design

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; ESTHETICS; MOBILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HOUSING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885084319     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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