Understanding the role of built environment in reducing vehicle miles traveled accounting for spatial heterogeneity

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 589-601

  Ding, Chuan ^a   Wang, Yaowu ^a   Xie, Binglei ^a   Liu, Chao ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Built environment; Cross classified multilevel model; Density; Home based work tour; Spatial heterogeneity; Vehicle miles traveled

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; URBAN PLANNING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84894083356     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6020589     Document Type: Article

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