Measuring the vulnerability of public transport networks

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-63

  Rodríguez Núñez, Eduardo ^a   García Palomares, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Criticality; GIS (Geographic Information Systems); Network vulnerability; Public transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894211044     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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