Understanding the link between street connectivity, land use and pedestrian flows

Urban Design International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-141

  Ozbil, Ayse ^a   Peponis, John ^b   Stone, Brian ^b  

^a OKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta; land use; pedestrian movement; street connectivity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT CONTROL; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; NETWORK DESIGN; PEDESTRIAN; POLICY STRATEGY; REGULATORY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; WALKING;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955573140     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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