Effects of the modifiable areal unit problem on the delineation of traffic analysis zones

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-643

  Viegas, José Manuel ^a   Martínez, L Miguel ^a   Silva, Elisabete A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; GIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349641660     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b34033     Document Type: Article

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