Passengers or political actors? Children's participation in transport policy and the micro political geographies of the family

Space and Polity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-151

  Barker, John ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR USE; CHILD; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242338418     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356257032000133900     Document Type: Article

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