How mobility systems produce inequality: Making mobile subject types on the Bangkok sky train

Built Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-231

  Richardson, Tim ^a   Jensen, Ole B ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MOBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAIN; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 47249109769     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.34.2.218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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