Beyond “Soccer Moms”: Feminist and New Urbanist Critical Approaches to Suburbs

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 410-427

  Markovich, Julia ^a   Hendler, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; feminism; new urbanism; suburbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990403430     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X05280545     Document Type: Article

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