Analysis of traffic hazard intensity: A spatial epidemiology case study of urban pedestrians

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-240

  Ha, Hoe Hun ^a   Thill, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedestrian collision; Pedestrian mobility; Spatial econometrics; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; PUBLIC AWARENESS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS; SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SPATIAL REGRESSION MODEL; TRAFFIC COLLISIONS; TRAFFIC HAZARDS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN FABRICS; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

DISEASES; ECONOMICS; HAZARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

COLLISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDESTRIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN AREA;

BUFFALO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953754111     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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