Physical environmental characteristics promoting independent and active transport to children's meaningful places

Applied Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Broberg, Anna ^a   Salminen, Samuli ^b   Kyttä, Marketta ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; GIS; Independent mobility; Physical activity; Principal component analysis; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; GIS; MAPPING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84871661360     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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