Commuting patterns in the Osaka metropolitan area: A GIS-based analysis of commuter rail passengers

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-59

  Sakanishi, Akiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI];

EID: 33646677249     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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