Safe urban form: Revisiting the relationship between community design and traffic safety

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-329

  Dumbaugh, Eric ^a   Rae, Robert ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kimley Horn and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Community design; Land use planning; Traffic safety; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 70549092930     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360902950349     Document Type: Article

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