Planting roots in foreign soil? - Immigrant place meanings in an urban park

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-304

  Main, Kelly ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Latinos; Place meaning; Public space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886296795     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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