Urban development and the leisure dilemma: A case study of leisure and recreation in urban residential estates in the Lower Hunter, New South Wales

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 77-100

  Jenkins, John M ^a   Young, Tamara ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leisure; Planning; Recreation; Residential; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906561404     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2008.9686787     Document Type: Article

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