The Burdens of Place: A Socio-economic and Ethnic/Racial Exploration into Urban Form, Accessibility and Travel Behaviour in the Lansing Capital Region, Michigan

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-35

  Vojnovic, Igor ^a   Lee, Jieun ^a   Kotval K, Zeenat ^a   Podagrosi, Angelo ^b   Varnakovida, Pariwate ^c   Ledoux, Timothy ^a   Messina, Joseph ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pitney Bowes Inc   (United States)

^c LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ETHNICITY; LAND USE; PEDESTRIAN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUBURBANIZATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN REGION; WALKING;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871002025     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2012.683403     Document Type: Article

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