Walking accessibility to urban parks by children: A case study of Montreal

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-47

  Reyes, Mario ^a   Páez, Antonio ^a   Morency, Catherine ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Children; Mobility patterns; Montreal; Parks; Walking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; PARKING;

ACCESSIBILITY; CHILDREN; MOBILITY PATTERN; MONTREAL; WALKING;

NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION;

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GREENSPACE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLICY MAKING; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84898917300     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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