Route-Based Analysis to Capture the Environmental Influences on a Child's Mode of Travel between Home and School

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1348-1365

  Larsen, Kristian ^a   Gilliland, Jason ^b   Hess, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

active travel; built environment; children's health; GIS; walkability

Indexed keywords

GIS; LOGISTICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; LONDON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84867194019     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.627059     Document Type: Article

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