Evaluating the effects of geographic contexts on individual accessibility: A multilevel approach

Urban Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 647-671

  Weber, Joe ^a   Kwan, Mei Po ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Local context; New Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642628622     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.24.8.647     Document Type: Article

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