Livable Streets, Livable Arterials? Characteristics of Commercial Arterial Roads Associated With Neighborhood Livability

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 33-44

  McAndrews, Carolyn ^a   Marshall, Wesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial roads; livability; neighborhoods; street design; traffic

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; ROAD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECONOMY;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041189553     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2017.1405737     Document Type: Article

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