Erratum to: Understanding the Relationship Between Walkability and Quality-of-Life of Women Garment Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

The Abstract unfortunately was excluded from the original article. The Abstract is printed below.Abstract Over a million urban poor work in Bangladesh's garment industry. The vast majority are women, who are captive walkers to their jobs, mainly due to financial constraints. The routes they use to walk to their job locations are often not conducive for walking and thus have an impact on their quality-of-life. The walking environment on these routes is often poor in terms of safety, security, convenience, comfort and visual intrusion. These are all aspects that relate to a person's (individual) well-being. In this paper the relationship between walkability and quality-of-life is studied looking at