Evaluating the dynamic impacts of urban form on transportation and environmental outcomes in US cities

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2233-2244

  Kashem, S B ^a   Irawan, A ^a   Wilson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Congestion; Sprawl; Transit; Urban form

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; LAND USE; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL TESTS; URBAN GROWTH;

CONGESTION; DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SPRAWL; TRANSIT; URBAN FORM;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84919949527     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-014-0630-z     Document Type: Article

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