Re-thinking accessibility planning: A multi-layer conceptual framework and its policy implications

Town Planning Review

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-458

  Ferreira, António ^a,b   Batey, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 38549093130     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.78.4.3     Document Type: Review

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