An exploratory analysis of relationships between socioeconomic, land use, activity participation variables and travel patterns

Transport Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-357

  Pitombo, C S ^a   Kawamoto, E ^b   Sousa, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity participation; Exploratory Multivariate Data Analysis techniques; Land use; Socioeconomic characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND USE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)];

EID: 79251620880     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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