Safe streets, livable streets

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-300

  Dumbaugh, Eric ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 25444515195     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360508976699     Document Type: Article

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