Do aging populations have differential accessibility to activities? Analyzing the spatial structure of social, professional, and business opportunities

Travel Behaviour and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 182-191

  Horner, Mark W ^a   Duncan, Michael D ^a   Wood, Brittany S ^a   Valdez Torres, Yazmin ^a   Stansbury, Chris ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929507763     PISSN: 2214367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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