Accessibility to urban green spaces in Chilean cities using adaptive thresholds

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 227-240

  Rojas, Carolina ^a   Páez, Antonio ^b   Barbosa, Olga ^c   Carrasco, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Chilean; Cities; Mobility; Urban green spaces; Walk

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GREENSPACE; MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ARAUCANIA; CHILE; LOS RIOS [CHILE]; TEMUCO; VALDIVIA;

EID: 84994582583     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.10.012     Document Type: Article

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