Perceptions of Pedestrians and Shopkeepers in European Medium-Sized Cities: Study of Guimarães, Portugal

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-34

  Rahaman, Khan Rubayet ^a   Lourenço, Júlia M ^a   Viegas, José Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cities; Perception; Portugal; Walkways

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CITIES; FIELD SURVEYS; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC SPACE; WALKING ENVIRONMENTS; WALKWAYS;

PAVEMENTS; PROFITABILITY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

SURVEYS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FIELD SURVEY; PARKING; PEDESTRIAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; WALKING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84859314226     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000094     Document Type: Article

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