Learning heuristic or political rhetoric? Sustainable mobility and the functions of 'best practice'

Transport Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-87

  Macmillen, James ^a,b   Stead, Dominic ^c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best practice; Cycling; Policy actors; Sustainable transport policy; UK; Walking

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CYCLE TRANSPORT; HEURISTICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; WALKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901410577     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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