Built environment, travel behavior, and residential self-selection: a study based on panel data from Beijing, China

Transportation

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 51-74

  Wang, Donggen ^a   Lin, Tao ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b China Academy of Urban Planning and Design Western Branch   (China)

Author keywords

Built environment; Longitudinal study; Residential self selection; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BEIJING , CHINA; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS; RESIDENTIAL SELF-SELECTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRAVEL ATTITUDES; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS;

HOUSING;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85019742832     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-017-9783-1     Document Type: Article

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