Excess travel in non-professional trips: Why look for it miles away?

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-38

  Boussauw, Kobe ^a   Van Acker, Veronique ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Excess commuting; Flanders; Sustainable spatial development; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855818745     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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