Gender and class in urban transport: The cases of Xian and Hanoi

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-155

  Tran, Hoai Anh ^a   Schlyter, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Hanoi; Transport modes; Urban mobility; Xian

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLASS; GENDER DISPARITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CHINA; HANOI; SHAANXI; VIET NAM; XIAN;

EID: 77950682426     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247810363526     Document Type: Article

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