Environmental invitingness for transport-related cycling in middle-aged adults: A proof of concept study using photographs

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 432-446

  Van Holle, Veerle ^a   Van Cauwenberg, Jelle ^b   Deforche, Benedicte ^b   Goubert, Liesbet ^a   Maes, Lea ^a   Nasar, Jack ^c   Van de Weghe, Nico ^a   Salmon, Jo ^d   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Cycling; Europe; Photos; Physical environment; Transportation

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION; VEGETATION;

ADULTS; CYCLING; EUROPE; PHOTOS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84908299290     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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