Influence of environmental street characteristics on walking route choice of elderly people

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Borst, Hieronymus C ^a   de Vries, Sanne I ^a   Graham, Jamie M A ^a   van Dongen, Jef E F ^a   Bakker, Ingrid ^a   Miedema, Henk M E ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active transport; Elderly people; Neighbourhood; Pedestrians; Physical environment; Route choice; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549090028     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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