The hope for oil crisis: Children, oil vulnerability and (in)dependent mobility

Australian Planner

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Sharpe, Scott ^a   Tranter, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's active transport; Children's independent mobility; Oil vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959674847     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2010.526622     Document Type: Article

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