Assessing knowledge and awareness of the sustainable urban freight transport among Swedish local authority policy planners

Transport Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-131

  Lindholm, Maria Eleonor ^a   Blinge, Magnus ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Policy measures; Sustainability; Transport policy; Urban freight transport

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84893438374     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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