The place of transport in facilitating social inclusion via the mediating influence of social capital

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Stanley, Janet ^a   Stanley, John ^b   Vella Brodrick, Dianne ^a   Currie, Graham ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community connectedness; Mobility; Social capital; Social exclusion; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956996595     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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