'Walking... just walking': how children and young people's everyday pedestrian practices matter

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-115

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children and young people; children's geographies; children's independent mobility; mobility; new walking studies; walking

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; MOBILITY; WALKING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890986003     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2013.864782     Document Type: Article

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