The influence of residential dissonance on physical activity and walking: Evidence from the Montgomery County, MD, and Twin Cities, MN, areas

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-267

  Cho, Gi Hyoug ^a   Rodríguez, Daniel A ^b  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood locations; Physical activity; Residential dissonance; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

MARYLAND; MINNESOTA; MONTGOMERY COUNTY [MARYLAND]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909587357     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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