Evaluation of sustainable policy in urban transportation using system dynamics and world cities data: A case study in Isfahan

Cities

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-115

  Haghshenas, Hossein ^a   Vaziri, Manouchehr ^b   Gholamialam, Ashkan ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Isfahan; Sustainable transportation; System dynamics; Urban policy; World cities data

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ESFAHAN [ESFAHAN (PRV)]; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84928595541     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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