School travel modes: Factors influencing parental choice in four Brisbane schools

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-57

  Ridgewell, Claire ^a   Sipe, Neil ^b   Buchanan, Nick ^c  

^a Sustainability Unit   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHD PTY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brisbane; Parental choice; Schools; Travel modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751615123     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140802304793     Document Type: Article

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