Correlation or causality between the built environment and travel behavior? Evidence from Northern California

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 427-444

  Handy, Susan ^a   Cao, Xinyu ^b   Mokhtarian, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Land use; Smart growth; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION METHODS; LAND USE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; SMART GROWTH; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

LAND USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644433862     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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