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Mobility, transport and carbon

Abstract:

The wheel first came into use about 6000 years ago and since then it has been one of the most influential and useful inventions. Most personal movement is totally dependent on the wheel in some form or other, and it is an essential part of the ever moving world. Society is also reliant on the movements of other people and/or goods, and those movements taken together very much explain and define our society. In the not too distant past ‘feet’ shaped the boundaries of our perceived and experien...

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Published
Peer review status:
Reviewed (other)

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10.4337/9781781007235.00006

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Transport Studies Unit
Role:
Author, Editor
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Transport Studies Unit
Role:
Author, Editor
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publisher's website
Host title:
Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility
Pages:
1-14
Publication date:
2013-01-01
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ISBN:
9781781007228
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tsu:10031
Deposit date:
2014-11-25

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