Europe’s bicycle workshops as contributors to community economies and sustainable urban transport

Lancaster Environment Centre

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Political Ecology

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bicycle politics, community workshops, Repair, Transportation -- Social aspects

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Europe’s bicycle workshops as contributors to community economies and sustainable urban transport. / Batterbury, Simon.
7 p. Brussels: Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel . 2018, Report. (Brussels Centre for Urban Studies Urban Traces reports).

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Batterbury, Simon. / Europe’s bicycle workshops as contributors to community economies and sustainable urban transport. 2018. Brussels : Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel . 7 p. (Brussels Centre for Urban Studies Urban Traces reports).

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