From "spatial bond" to "spatial mismatch": An assessment of changing jobs-housing relationship in Beijing

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 398-409

  Wang, Enru ^a   Song, Jinping ^b   Xu, Tao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Tourism Planning and Designing Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Commuting; Jobs housing relationship; Spatial bond; Spatial imbalance; Spatial mismatch; Suburbanization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPATIAL MISMATCH; SUBURBANIZATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 78651477417     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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