Impact of the jobs-housing balance on urban commuting in Beijing in the transformation era

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Zhao, Pengjun ^a,b   Lü, Bin ^b   Roo, Gert de ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Commuting time; Housing reform; Jobs housing balance; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING REFORM; JOURNEY TO WORK; MARKET TRANSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 78649444158     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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