Telecommunications and travel: The case for complementarity

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-57

  Mokhtarian, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Information and communication technologies (ICT); Passenger travel; Substitutability; Telecommunication; Transportation

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUTING;

TRAVEL;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0036524730     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819802763471771     Document Type: Review

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