Identifying transportation disadvantage: Mixed-methods analysis combining GIS mapping with qualitative data

Transport Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-138

  Shay, Elizabeth ^a   Combs, Tabitha S ^b   Findley, Daniel ^c   Kolosna, Carl ^d   Madeley, Michelle ^e   Salvesen, David ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Key informant interviews; Qualitative research methods; Rural transportation; Transportation disadvantage

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEM; GIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DATA; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013235462     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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