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Cycling in Cluj-Napoca: An Actor-Network Analysis of Urban Mobility and Spatial Inequality

By: Arthur Ene and  Andrada Tobias  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2066-0464 | Journal ISSN: 1224-8703
Language: English
Page range: 77 - 102
Published on: Oct 22, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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