Capabilities for mobility among urban older women: barriers, strategies and options

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-174

  Nordbakke, Susanne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Everyday mobility; Mobility preconditions; Older people

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELDERLY POPULATION; MOBILITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 84869854763     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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