A Spatial Exploration of the Accessibility of Low-Income Women: Chengdu, China and Chennai, India

Gendered Mobilities

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 143-158

  Srinivasan, Sumeeta ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85145109820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315584201-12     Document Type: Chapter

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