Dynamics of face-to-face social interaction frequency: Role of accessibility, urbanization, changes in geographical distance and path dependence

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-220

  Sharmeen, Fariya ^a   Arentze, Theo ^a   Timmermans, Harry ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Face to face social interaction; Geographical distance dynamics; Life cycle events; Path dependence; Random effects ordered logit model; Urbanization and accessibility

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LOGIT ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84892453915     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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