Influence of the Built Environment on Pedestrian Route Choices of Adolescent Girls

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 359-394

  Rodríguez, Daniel A ^a   Merlin, Louis ^g   Prato, Carlo G ^b   Conway, Terry L ^c   Cohen, Deborah ^d   Elder, John P ^e   Evenson, Kelly R ^a   McKenzie, Thomas L ^e   Pickrel, Julie L ^e   Veblen Mortenson, Sara ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

built environment; discrete choice; pedestrian route selection; walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENCE; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; GPS; PEDESTRIAN; SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING; WOMENS STATUS;

CALIFORNIA; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926299979     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916513520004     Document Type: Article

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