Can Built and Social Environmental Factors Encourage Walking among Individuals with Negative Walking Attitudes?

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-236

  Joh, Kenneth ^a   Nguyen, Mai Thi ^b   Boarnet, Marlon G ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; built environment; pedestrian; travel behavior; walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860651872     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X11427914     Document Type: Article

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