Development of a new orientation index for airport terminals

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1662, 1999, Pages 41-47

  Dada, E S ^a   Wirasinghe, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; SIGNS;

ORIENTATION INDEX; VISIBILITY INDEX; WAYFINDING AIDS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0033319107     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1662-05     Document Type: Article

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