Still Feeling the Car – The Role of Comfort in Sustaining Private Car Use

Mobilities

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 726-747

  Kent, Jennifer L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Automobility; Practice theory; Sydney

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CAR USE; JOURNEY TO WORK; MOBILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA MIMIVIRUS;

EID: 84948745112     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2014.944400     Document Type: Article

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