City-regionalism as a Politics of Collective Provision: Regional Transport Infrastructure in Denver, USA

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2444-2465

  Jonas, Andrew E G ^a   Goetz, Andrew R ^b   Bhattacharjee, Sutapa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MASS TRANSPORT; REGIONAL POLITICS; REGIONALISM; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN AREA;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908569494     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013493480     Document Type: Article

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