Sustainable urban transport planning and the commuting patterns of poor workers in a historic inner city in Guangzhou, China

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-127

  Lau, Joseph Cho Yam ^a  

^a NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A historic inner city; Access to employment; Development variables; Policy suggestions; Social exclusion; Sustainable transport planning

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; INNER CITY AREA; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84871650410     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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