Exploring embodied and emotional experiences within the landscapes of environmental volunteering

Wellbeing and Place

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 141-153

  Muirhead, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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