Characterizing neighborhood pedestrian environments with secondary data

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-263

  Parks, James R ^a   Schofer, Joseph L ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; GIS; Pedestrian environment; Pedestrian friendliness; Walkability

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING;

PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT; PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLINESS; WALKABILITY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746378631     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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