Agency in social activity interactions: The role of social networks in time and space

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-583

  Carrasco, Juan Antonio ^a   Hogan, Bernie ^b   Wellman, Barry ^b   Miller, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity based approaches; Agency; ICTs; Social accessibility; Social networks; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149472192     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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