Is air transport an effective tool for sustainable development?

Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 210-219

  Daley, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air transport; Economic development; Equity; Policy; Social development; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EQUITY; HEGEMONY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70049114779     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.383     Document Type: Article

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