Relationship between Spatial Proximity and Travel-to-Work Distance: The Effect of the Compact City

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 687-706

  Boussauw, Kobe ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commuting; Compact city; Flanders; Spatial proximity; Sustainable spatial development

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CORRELATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84861872200     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.522986     Document Type: Article

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