Accessibility interrupted: The Shimshal road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-364

  Butz, David A ^a   Cook, Nancy E ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

accessibility; mobility; mountains; Pakistan; road construction; social change

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CULTURAL CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; MOBILITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

GILGIT-BALTISTAN; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 80052278846     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2011.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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