Editorial Preface: Urban Travel Behavior in the Middle East and North Africa
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This Special Issue the TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment focuses on an already researched subject of urban travel behavior and decisions in the less-studied geographical context of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).Downloads
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