Measuring spatial accessibility in the context of spatial disparity between demand and supply of urban park service

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-90

  Lee, Gyoungju ^a   Hong, Ilyoung ^b  

^a Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^b Namseoul University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Spatial accessibility; Spatial disparity measure; Urban park service

Indexed keywords

URBAN PLANNING;

DEMAND AND SUPPLY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SERVICE PROVISIONS; SPATIAL ACCESSIBILITY; SPATIAL DISPARITY MEASURE; URBAN PARKS; URBAN PLANNERS;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARK MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84883793943     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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