Participation index: a measure to identify rural transport disadvantage?

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 882-899

  Kamruzzaman, Md ^a   Hine, Julian ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Activity spaces; Geographical exposure; Participation index; Rural Northern Ireland; Transport disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957487393     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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