Economic fall-out of failing urban transport systems: An institutional analysis

Urban Transport in the Developing World: A Handbook of Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 174-202

  Sclar, Elliott ^a   Touber, Julie ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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