“Does Compact Development Make People Drive Less?” The Answer Is Yes
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For decades, the relationship between travel and the built environment has been one of the most studied in urban planning. Built environments that are high on the D-variables—development density, l...
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- Authors
- Ewing, R., & Cervero, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Utah (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- ORCID
- Ewing, Reid
- Venue
- Journal of the American Planning Association
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-01-02
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 19-25
- ISSN
- 0194-4363 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0130
- OpenAlex
- W2571085377
- Cited by
- 226
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 26.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of the American Planning Association (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Keywords
- compact development, driver behavior, travel behavior, built environment, development density, land use, urban form
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