This article reviews the literature on characteristics, causes, and costs of alternative
development patterns. In doing so it debunks arguments by Gordon and Richardson in favor …

Obesity results from a complex interaction between diet, physical activity, and the
environment. The built environment encompasses a range of physical and social elements …

Accessibility is an important characteristic of metropolitan areas and is often reflected in
transportation and land-use planning goals. But the concept of accessibility has rarely been …

Conventional integral measures of accessibility, although valuable as indicators of place
accessibility, have several limitations when used to evaluate individual accessibility. Two …

Editor's Note: This literature review was prepared for the Florida Department of Community
Affairs (DCA) as background to the amendment of Florida's local comprehensive planning …

Conventional accessibility measures based on the notion of locational proximity ignore the
role of complex travel behavior and space–time constraints in determining individual …

This paper integrates and extends many of the concepts of accessibility deriving from
Hansen's (1959) seminal paper, and develops a theory of access that generalizes from the …

This paper constructs an accessibility index that captures the overall transportation access
level of an area. This index is formulated as a natural extension of the existing relative and …

Beyond some studies relating density to mode choice, vehicle miles of travel, or gasoline
consumption, little is known about the relationship oflocation and land use to household …

Since Hansen's seminal 1959 paper, measures of access have evolved with technology and
through practical applications. The myriad of distinct but familially related access measures …