Walking to School: The Experience of Children in Inner City Los Angeles and Implications for Policy

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-140

  Banerjee, Tridib ^a   Uhm, Jung A ^b   Bahl, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Southern California Association of Governments   (United States)

Author keywords

child pedestrian; neighborhood safety; public health; transportation; walkability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900323123     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X14522494     Document Type: Article

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