Walkability: What is it?

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-166

  Lo, Ria Hutabarat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Level of service; Metrics; Pedestrian planning; Transportation; Walkability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054027384     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549170903092867     Document Type: Article

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