Distance traveled in three Canadian cities: Spatial analysis from the perspective of vulnerable population segments

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Morency, Catherine ^a   Paez, Antonio ^b   Roorda, Matthew J ^c   Mercado, Ruben ^b   Farber, Steven ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance traveled; Elderly; Low income; Single parent household; Spatial expansion; Spatially varying coefficients; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MOBILITY; SINGLE PARENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; MONTREAL; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 78649447471     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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