Vertical flight and urban mobilities: The promise and reality of helicopter travel

Mobilities

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-215

  Cwerner, Saulo B ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation; Governance; Helicopters; Helipads; Urban mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009589450     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100600726589     Document Type: Article

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