Moving policy: Global and local characters circulating bus rapid transit through South African cities

Urban Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1238-1254

  Wood, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bus rapid transit; South African urbanism; urban policy mobilities

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84919486695     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2014.954459     Document Type: Article

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