Urban transport policy as if people and the environment mattered: Pedestrian accessibility the first step

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Badami, Madhav G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84995972769     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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