Green travellers? Exploring the spatial context of sustainable mobility styles

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 798-809

  Barr, Stewart ^a   Prillwitz, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Mobility styles; Sustainable lifestyles; Sustainable travel; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; MOBILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052758569     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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