Measuring objective accessibility to neighborhood facilities in the city (A case study: Zone 6 in Tehran, Iran)

Cities

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Lofti, Sedigheh ^a   Koohsari, Mohammad Javad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Deprivation; Neighborhood; Public space; Socio economic status; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANNING METHOD; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 67349194016     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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