Social sustainability issues and older adults' dependence on automobiles in low-density environments

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 7289-7309

  Nakanishi, Hitomi ^a   Black, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automobile dependence; Green transportation; Low density; Older drivers; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; AUTOMOBILE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

EID: 84934325032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7067289     Document Type: Article

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