Making believe: Institutional and discursive barriers to sustainable transport in two Australian cities

International Planning Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-114

  Low, Nicholas ^a   Gleeson, Brendan ^b   Rush, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0041846750     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470305158     Document Type: Article

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