Children's affective experience of every-day travel

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-102

  Westman, Jessica ^a   Johansson, Maria ^b   Olsson, Lars E ^a   Mårtensson, Fredrika ^c   Friman, Margareta ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activation; Commuting to school; Travel mode; Valence

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84874557364     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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