A GIS toolkit for measuring and mapping space–time accessibility from a place-based perspective

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1131-1154

  Delafontaine, Matthias ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Van de Weghe, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accessibility; GIS toolkit; Place based approach; Space time prism

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 84866876597     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.635593     Document Type: Article

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