A New Approach for the Evaluation of the Walking Environment

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-260

  Lee, Sooil ^a   Lee, Seungjae ^b   Son, Hyeokjun ^b   Joo, Yongjin ^c  

^a Hyundai Insurance Research Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Inha Technical College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

amenities; analytical hierarchy process (AHP); pedestrian network; space syntax model; subway adjacent area; walk score

Indexed keywords

AMENITIES; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; PEDESTRIAN NETWORK; SPACE SYNTAX; SUBWAY-ADJACENT AREA; WALK SCORE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RAILROADS; SUBWAY STATIONS; SYNTACTICS;

UNDERPASSES;

AMENITY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDESTRIAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84867244484     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2013.710146     Document Type: Article

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