Why and how to reduce the amount of land paved for roads and parking facilities

Environmental Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Litman, Todd ^a  

^a Victoria Transport Policy Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PLANNING PRACTICE; ROAD; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84862865256     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046610000530     Document Type: Review

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