To walk or not to walk? The hierarchy of walking needs

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 808-836

  Alfonzo, Mariela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment behavior theory; Urban form; Walking

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; WALKING;

EID: 27644431527     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916504274016     Document Type: Article

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