Multi-period Research Designs for Identifying Causal Effects of Built Environment Characteristics on Travel Behaviour

Transport Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 512-532

  van de Coevering, Paul ^a   Maat, Kees ^b   van Wee, Bert ^b  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attitudes; built environment; causality; longitudinal; multi period research designs; travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND USE; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84930573648     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2015.1025455     Document Type: Article

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