Justice in transport as justice in accessibility: Applying Walzer's 'Spheres of Justice' to the transport sector

Transportation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1035-1053

  Martens, Karel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution; Equity; Justice; Spheres of Justice; Transport

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

DISTRIBUTION; EQUITY; JUSTICE; SPHERES OF JUSTICES; TRANSPORT;

SPHERES;

ACCESSIBILITY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84867552564     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-012-9388-7     Document Type: Article

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