Where Do Children Travel to and What Local Opportunities Are Available? The Relationship Between Neighborhood Destinations and Children's Independent Mobility

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 679-705

  Villanueva, Karen ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Bulsara, Max ^b   Timperio, Anna ^c   McCormack, Gavin ^d   Beesley, Bridget ^a   Trapp, Georgina ^a   Middleton, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; destinations; independent mobility; neighborhood

Indexed keywords

GIS; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; ROAD;

EID: 84879773511     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512440705     Document Type: Article

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