Measuring accessibility for people with a disability

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-96

  Church, Richard L ^a   Marston, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0037271619     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2003.tb01102.x     Document Type: Article

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