Factors influencing the location of new motorways: Large scale motorway building in Spain

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1282-1293

  Holl, Adelheid ^a  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Historic context; Infrastructure; Motorways; Placement; Planning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL ECONOMY; MOTORWAY; POPULATION SIZE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION HISTORY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

SPAIN;

EID: 79960883871     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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