Accessibility of low-income workers in Hong Kong

Cities

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Lau, Joseph C Y ^a   Chiu, Catherine C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compact city; Household responsibility hypothesis; Public transport; Trade off theory

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL MISMATCH; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0038476965     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(03)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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