Neighbourhood destination accessibility index: A GIS toolfor measuring infrastructure support for neighbourhood physical activity

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-223

  Witten, Karen ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^b   Day, Peter ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79551711192     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43219     Document Type: Article

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