Operationalizing the concept of neighborhood: Application to residential location choice analysis

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-45

  Guo, Jessica Y ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Modifiable areal unit problem; Neighborhood; Residential location choice; Spatial definition

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION THEORY; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845424934     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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