Behind the 'Heathrow hassle': A political and cultural economy of the privatized airport

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2859-2873

  McNeill, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; CULTURAL ECONOMY; OWNERSHIP; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ENGLAND; HEATHROW AIRPORT; HILLINGDON; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650358576     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43124     Document Type: Article

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