Interpreting the influence of urban form on household car travel using partial least squares structural equation modelling: some evidence from Northern Ireland

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-44

  Banerjee, Urbi ^a   Hine, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes and preferences; partial least squares SEM; Urban form; vehicular miles travelled

Indexed keywords

HOUSES;

ATTITUDES AND PREFERENCES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); RESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; URBAN FORM; VEHICULAR MILES TRAVELLED;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

CAR USE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

IRELAND;

EID: 84951877012     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2015.1108081     Document Type: Article

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