Contesting sustainability: Bikes, race, and politics in portlandia

Environmental Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 121-126

  Lubitow, Amy ^a   Miller, Thaddeus R ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MOTORWAY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; URBAN AREA;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883166463     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2013.0018     Document Type: Article

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