Discussing equity and social exclusion in accessibility evaluations

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-367

  van Wee, Bert ^a   Geurs, Karst ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ACCESSIBILITY CHANGES; ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION; DISTRIBUTION EFFECT; ETHICAL THEORIES; EX ANTE EVALUATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TRANSPORT APPRAISALS; TRANSPORT POLICY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053146809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2011.11.4.2940     Document Type: Article

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