The effects of transport accessibility and jobs - Housing balance on commuting time: Evidence from Beijing

International Planning Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-83

  Zhao, Pengjun ^a,b   Lu, Bin ^b   Linden, Gerard J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; CORRELATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND USE; MEGACITY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67650133606     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: 14699265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470902726402     Document Type: Article

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