Converging transport policy, industrial policy and environmental policy: The implications for localities and social equity

Local Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 749-763

  Wells, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automobility; electric vehicle industry; inter regional competition; low carbon mobility; socio technical transitions; transport inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866923887     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094212455018     Document Type: Article

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