Q-PLOS, developing an alternative walking index. A method based on urban design quality

Cities

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-17

  Talavera Garcia, Ruben ^a   Soria Lara, Julio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design qualities; Granada; Pedestrian accessibility; Public transport; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; PEDESTRIAN; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84924856852     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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