Accessibility analysis of urban parks: Methods and key issues

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5381-5390

  Liu, Changfu ^a   Li, Xiaoma ^a   Han, Dong ^b  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yanqing Landscape Management Center   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility; GIS; Spatial distribution; Urban greenspace; Urban park; Urban recreation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; GREENSPACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SITE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 79952672708     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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