Pointless Mobilities: Rethinking Proximity Through the Loops of Neighbourhood

Mobilities

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-367

  Bissell, David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Everyday mobilities; Loop; Neighbour; Neighbourhood; Proximity

Indexed keywords

MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 84880947182     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.696343     Document Type: Article

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