The impact of opening hours on the equity of individual space-time accessibility

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-288

  Delafontaine, Matthias ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Schwanen, Tim ^b   Weghe, Nico Van de ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Equity; Opening hours; Time geography

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BELGIUM; EQUITY; OPENING HOURS; PUBLIC LIBRARY; PUBLIC SERVICES; SERVICE DELIVERY; SPACE-TIME ACCESSIBILITY; TIME GEOGRAPHY;

LIBRARIES;

ACCESSIBILITY; EQUITY; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 79955995164     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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