The role of urban neighbourhood green space in children's emotional and behavioural resilience

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-186

  Flouri, Eirini ^a   Midouhas, Emily ^a   Joshi, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional and behavioural problems; Green space; Millennium Cohort Study; Neighbourhoods; Socio economic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904307541     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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