Measuring the quality of the outdoor environment relevant to older people's lives

Open Space: People Space

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 153-162

  Sugiyama, Takemi ^a   Thompson, Catharine Ward ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e Manufactures and Commerce The RSA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911162851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203961827     Document Type: Chapter

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