Exploring metropolitan accessibility and urban structure

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-284

  Horner, Mark W ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Commuting; CTPP; GIS; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044239561     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.3.264     Document Type: Article

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