GIS based analysis for assessing the accessibility at hierarchical levels of urban green spaces

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 198-211

  Gupta, Kshama ^a   Roy, Arijit ^a   Luthra, Kanishka ^c   Maithani, Sandeep ^a   Mahavir, ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE   (India)

^c TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Delhi; GIS; Hierarchical system; Network analysis; Urban green spaces

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; GREENSPACE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84976347387     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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