Sustainability indicators in assessing urban transport systems

Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 138-145

  Buzási, Attila ^a   Csete, Mária ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Indicator; Sustainability; Urban transport

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; URBAN STUDIES; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84931832644     PISSN: 03037800     EISSN: 15873811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3311/PPtr.7825     Document Type: Article

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