Beyond 'women and transport': Towards new geographies of gender and daily mobility

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-588

  Law, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access; Gender; Journey to work; Mobility; Transport

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; JOURNEY TO WORK; METHODOLOGY; MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0032723750     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913299666161864     Document Type: Review

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