Urban children in natural environments: a field study in sociobiology

Ruth Hamilton Allen

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Urban children in natural environments: a field study in sociobiology

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ruth Hamilton Allen

Year:

1977

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 151-155

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Abstract

Six nature programs for urban children were studied from 1970 to 1974. Social networks in the camping programs and children's choices of locations for various leisure activities were examined. Return rates were found to correlate significantly with the intricacy of the social networks.

Parent Publication

Children, nature, and the urban environment: proceedings of a symposium-fair

Citation

Allen, Ruth Hamilton. 1977. Urban children in natural environments: a field study in sociobiology. In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 151-155