No right to the street: Motorcycle taxis, discourse production and the regulation of unruly mobility

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2922-2947

  Qian, Junxi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

discourse; mobility; motorcycle taxi; public space; regulation

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOBILITY; PUBLIC SPACE; STREET CANYON; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84945162770     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014539402     Document Type: Article

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