Exploring social mobilities: Narratives of walking and driving in Auckland, New Zealand

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2829-2848

  Bean, Catherine E ^a   Kearns, Robin ^a   Collins, Damian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; WALKING;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 56549089430     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008098208     Document Type: Article

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