Connection between built environment and travel behavior :Propensity score approach under a continuous treatment regime

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2453, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-144

  Parady, Giancarlos Troncoso ^a   Takami, Kiyoshi ^a   Harata, Noboru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMPACT CITY; CONTINUOUS TREATMENTS; HIGH-DENSITY CITIES; LATENT VARIABLE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SELF-SELECTION BIAS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; URBANIZATION LEVELS;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84938591747     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2453-17     Document Type: Review

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