The influence of parent’s perceptions and residential self-selection to the children’s travel modes at single parent households

Transport and Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-64

  Susilo, Yusak O ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children travel behaviours; Parents perceptions and residential self selection; Single parent households; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929297676     PISSN: 20449941     EISSN: 2044995X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2044-994120150000007013     Document Type: Article

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