The use of pipelines for the urban distribution of goods

Transport Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-72

  Howgego, Timothy ^a   Roe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PIPELINE SYSTEM; TRANSPORT POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031665868     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-070X(98)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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