Are there useful yardsticks of population size and income level for building metro systems? Some worldwide evidence

Cities

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 299-306

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a   Cheng, Amy H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross country analysis; Income benchmarks; Metro systems; Population benchmarks; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

INCOME; METRO SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 77955509123     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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