These roads were made for walking? The nature and use of rural public transport services in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-187

  Johnston Doug C , D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Java; Publict ransport; Rural transport; Travel patterns

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RURAL TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST JAVA;

EID: 34547446085     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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