Contradictions of 'Sustainable Mobility'- The Illogic of Growth and the Logic of Myth

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 555-565

  Essebo, Maja ^a   Baeten, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Contradictions; Growth; Myth; Naturalisation; Sustainable mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869843312     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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