Backtracking Auckland?: Technical and communicative reason in metropolitan transport planning

International Planning Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-53

  Mees, Paul ^a   Dodson, Jago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PROCESS; REGIONAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 34249810381     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: 14699265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470701346568     Document Type: Article

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