Urban sustainability: Research, politics, policy and practice

I Vojnovic - Cities, 2014 - Elsevier
With the world becoming urban and virtually all population growth over the next three
decades expected in cities, it is certain that key pressures of government and governance …

Travel distances in daily travel and long-distance travel: what role is played by urban form?

C Holz-Rau, J Scheiner, K Sicks - Environment and Planning …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a lot of research on spatial differences in travel behaviour, specifically on travel
distances. This research suggests that the distances travelled by the inhabitants of …

The built environment and car use in Mexico City: Is the relationship changing over time?

E Guerra - Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores differences in the relationship between the built environment and
households' car use in Mexico City in 1994 and 2007. After controlling for income and other …

[PDF][PDF] Walkability and attachment to tourism places in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

N Ujang, Z Muslim - Athens journal of Tourism, 2014 - atiner.gr
Tourism places as the main income generating areas should be highlighted as tourist-
friendly places. Walkable tourism places will intensify the tourist magnets and focal elements …

Dynamics of face-to-face social interaction frequency: role of accessibility, urbanization, changes in geographical distance and path dependence

F Sharmeen, T Arentze, H Timmermans - Journal of Transport Geography, 2014 - Elsevier
Commonly, frequency of social interaction is modelled as a function of an ego's socio-
demographic characteristics and dyad characteristics of ego and alters. This study is based …

Understanding Mode Choice in the C hinese Context: The Case of N anjing Metropolitan Area

J Feng, M Dijst, B Wissink… - … voor economische en …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In post‐reform C hina, rapid motorisation causes various problems like traffic congestion,
diminishing road safety and air pollution. Adequate policies necessitate an understanding of …

Multimodal travel and the poor: evidence from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey

E Blumenberg, G Pierce - Transportation Letters, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Most travel behavior studies focus on discrete mode-choice outcomes. They predict the
likelihood of traveling by a single mode (eg solo driving, carpooling, taking public transit …

Toward more inclusive public spaces: Learning from the everyday experiences of Muslim Arab women in New York City

AM Johnson, R Miles - Environment and Planning A, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study we examine the spatial practices and lived experiences of an understudied
subgroup, observant Muslim women of Arab descent, to explore the extent to which they …

The density debate in urban research: an alternative approach to representing urban structure and form

M Grosvenor, P O'NEILL - Geographical Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Global aspirations for urban sustainability coincide with debate over urban form. Much of the
debate centres on the merit of increasing residential densities across metropolitan areas …

Urban form and psychosocial factors: do they interact for leisure-time walking?

M Beenackers, C Kamphuis, R Prins… - Medicine and science …, 2014 - repub.eur.nl
INTRODUCTION: This cross-sectional study uses an adaptation of a social-ecological model
on the hierarchy of walking needs to explore direct associations and interactions of urban …