Impact of Everyday Weather on Individual Daily Travel Behaviours in Perspective: A Literature Review

Transport Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-91

  Böcker, Lars ^a   Dijst, Martin ^a   Prillwitz, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; daily activities; review; travel behaviour; weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MITIGATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873137741     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2012.747114     Document Type: Review

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