Learning neighbourhood environments: The loss of experience in a modern world

Children and their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 75-90

  Rissotto, Antonella ^a   Vittoria Giuliani, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

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EID: 84927051514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511521232.006     Document Type: Chapter

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