A comparison of three methods for assessing the walkability of the pedestrian environment

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1500-1508

  Kelly, C E ^a   Tight, M R ^a   Hodgson, F C ^a   Page, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Mobile methods; Pedestrians; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PAVEMENT; PEDESTRIAN; WALKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856013336     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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