Boots are made for walking: Interactions across physical and social space in infrastructure-poor regions

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 226-235

  Matous, Petr ^a   Todo, Yasuyuki ^a   Mojo, Dagne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distance; Infrastructure poor regions; Meeting frequency; Multilevel analysis; Personal networks; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84882852714     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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