Green Urban Transport Policies and Cleantech Innovations: Evidence from Curitiba, Göteborg and Hamburg

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-396

  Carvalho, Luís ^a   Mingardo, Giuliano ^a   van Haaren, Jeroen ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMISSION CONTROL; INNOVATION; LEARNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BRAZIL; CURITIBA; GERMANY; GOTEBORG; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; PARANA [BRAZIL]; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 84858304132     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.651801     Document Type: Article

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