New highways and land use change: Results from a quasi-experimental research design

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 76-98

  Funderburg, Richard G ^a   Nixon, Hilary ^b   Boarnet, Marlon G ^c   Ferguson, Gavin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Highways; Propensity score matching; Quasi experimental design

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INVESTMENTS;

CAPACITY EXPANSION; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXTS; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAYS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS;

LAND USE;

GROWTH MODELING; INVESTMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MOTORWAY; POLICY MAKING; SMALL TOWN; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74149089469     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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