Exploring differences in commuting behaviour among various income groups during polycentric urban development in China: New evidence and its implications

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Lin, Dong ^a,b   Allan, Andrew ^a   Cui, Jianqiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commuting behaviour; Income groups; Low income workers; Quality of life; Socio economic characteristics

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; COMMUTING; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85000956276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8111188     Document Type: Article

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