Modeling travel behavior and sense of place using a structural equation model

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-163

  Deutsch, Kathleen ^a   Yoon, Seo Youn ^b   Goulias, Konstadinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Sense of place; Structural equation modeling; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MODELING; SENSE OF PLACE; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872513118     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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