Methods for determining route distances in active commuting - Their validity and reproducibility

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-574

  Stigell, Erik ^a,b   Schantz, Peter ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commuting; Cycling; Distance; Reproducibility; Validity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; GPS; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUBURBAN AREA; WALKING;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 79957455375     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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