Study on commuting flexibility of residents based on GPS data: A case study of suburban mega-communities in Beijing

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-744

  Shen, Yue ^a   Chai, Yanwei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 D visualization; Beijing; Commuting flexibility; Commuting pattern; GPS

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; DATA SET; GIS; GPS; META-ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SUBURBAN AREA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACKING; URBAN TRANSPORT; VISUALIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84863504496     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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