Planning as a career choice: First year students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards planning

Australian Planner

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-35

  Dredge, Dianne ^a   Coiacetto, Eddo ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85009074221     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2006.9982462     Document Type: Review

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