A long term analysis of the mechanisms underlying children's activity-travel engagements in the Osaka metropolitan area

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-50

  Susilo, Yusak O ^a   Waygood, E Owen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Over time changes; SEM; The Osaka metropolitan area; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI]; OSAKA [OSAKA (PRF)];

EID: 84856792273     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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