Modelling of urban green space walkability: Eco-friendly walk score calculator

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 408-420

  Lwin, Ko Ko ^a   Murayama, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS); Eco friendly Walk Score Calculator; Neighbourhood environmental quality assessment; Shortest or greenest route

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; DATA SETS; ECO-FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREEN SPACES; INFORMED DECISION; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; LIVING CONDITIONS; LOCAL RESIDENTS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; PHYSICAL HEALTH; SHORTEST OR GREENEST ROUTE; URBAN GREEN SPACES; WEB TECHNOLOGIES; WEB-GIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; USER INTERFACES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACCESSIBILITY; ALOS; GIS; GREENSPACE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNET; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860409070     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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