Estimating secondary school catchment areas and the spatial equity of access

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Singleton, Alex D ^a   Longley, Paul A ^b   Allen, Rebecca ^c   O'Brien, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment analysis; Decision support system; Education; GIS; Percent volume contour; School

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MODELLING; CATCHMENT AREA; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; EDUCATIONAL REFORMS; ENGLAND; GIS; PERCENT VOLUME CONTOUR; SCHOOL; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SELECTION PROCESS; WEB BASED;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RUNOFF; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EDUCATION;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; INTERNET; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79953761084     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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