@article{ref1,
title="Cultures of mothering and car use in suburban Sydney: a preliminary investigation",
journal="Geoforum",
year="2000",
author="Dowling, Robyn",
volume="31",
number="3",
pages="345-353",
abstract="The increasing use of cars by women, especially mothers, is one of the more significant transport trends of the past decade. This paper suggests the need for a fresh approach to this issue, namely one that emphasises culture. It demonstrates the potential insights offered by this approach by using it to interpret a small-scale, qualitative case study of suburban mothers' motor vehicle use in Sydney, Australia. It suggests that the car is used as a [`]management tool', an aid in managing complex daily routines and to implement notions of [`]good mothering'. The study underlines the need for further, culturally aware, research on motor vehicle use and of the difficulties facing the development of successful sustainable transport policies.<p />",
language="",
issn="0016-7185",
doi="10.1016/S0016-7185(99)00048-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7185(99)00048-2"
}