Investigating travel thresholds for sports and recreation activities

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 474-488

  Spinney, Jamie E L ^a   Millward, Hugh ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Recreation; Service areas; Travel threshold; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; HALIFAX; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84878466690     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b37161     Document Type: Article

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