Dimensions and determinants of expert and public attitudes to sustainable transport policies and technologies

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-85

  Xenias, Dimitrios ^a,b,c   Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Expert public differences; Sustainable transport; Transport policy

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

ATTITUDES; EXPERT-PUBLIC DIFFERENCES; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PREFERENCE RANKING; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT POLICY;

PUBLIC POLICY;

POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84873742144     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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