Exploring travel behavior of elderly women in rural and small urban north dakota an ecological modeling approach

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2082, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Hough, Jill A ^a   Cao, Xinyu ^b   Handy, Susan L ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ENVIRONMENT FACTORS; MOBILITY PATTERN; MODELING APPROACH; NORTH DAKOTA; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; URBAN AREAS;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 61449233076     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2082-15     Document Type: Article

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