Accessibility to sport facilities in Wales: A GIS-based analysis of socio-economic variations in provision

Geoforum

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-120

  Higgs, Gary ^a   Langford, Mitch ^a   Norman, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Enhanced floating catchment area (FCA) techniques; Geographical information systems; Sport facilities; Wales

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPORTS FACILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84928598136     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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