Automobility and the geographies of the car

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 586-599

  Merriman, Peter ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR USE; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MOBILITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63149105989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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