Urban spatial location advantage: The dual of the transportation problem and its implications for land-use and transport planning

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-101

  Murphy, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dual variables; Excess commuting; Jobs housing balance; Location advantage; Shadow prices; Transportation problem

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; HOUSING; LAND USE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOCATION; URBAN PLANNING;

DUAL VARIABLES; EXCESS COMMUTING; LAND USE AND TRANSPORTS; PRIVATE TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKS; RELATIVE LOCATION; SHADOW PRICE; TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

COMMUTING; LAND USE PLANNING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LOCATION DECISION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SHADOW PRICING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; IRELAND; LEINSTER;

EID: 80053608377     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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