The built environment and motor vehicle ownership and use: Evidence from Santiago de Chile

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1793-1817

  Zegras, Christopher ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 77953868996     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009356125     Document Type: Article

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