Evidence of Jacobs's street life in the great Seoul city: Identifying the association of physical environment with walking activity on streets

Cities

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-173

  Sung, Hyun Gun ^a   Go, Doo Hwan ^a,b   Choi, Chang Gyu ^b  

^a Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Jane Jacobs; Physical diversity; Street life; Urban vitality; Walking activity

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WALKING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883019471     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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