Trends in vehicle kilometres of travel in world cities, 1960-1990: Underlying drivers and policy responses

Transport Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-298

  Cameron, I ^a   Lyons, T J ^a   Kenworthy, J R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compact city; Transport modelling; Transport planning; Urban air quality; Urban mobility; Urban planning; Urban sprawl; Vehicle kilometres of travel

Indexed keywords

MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT; WORLD CITY;

EID: 3042676506     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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