Material politics of images: Visualising future transport infrastructures

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2477-2496

  Bissell, David ^a   Fuller, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; materiality; mobilities; transport; visuality

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MOBILITY; MOTORWAY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 85033433891     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X17727538     Document Type: Article

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