Understanding job-housing relationship and commuting pattern in Chinese cities: Past, present and future

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 562-573

  Ta, Na ^a,b   Chai, Yanwei ^c   Zhang, Yan ^d   Sun, Daosheng ^c  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese city; Commuting pattern; Danwei; Government intervention; Job housing relationship

Indexed keywords

LAND USE;

CHINESE CITIES; COMMUTING PATTERN; DANWEI; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; JOB-HOUSING RELATIONSHIP;

HOUSING;

COMMUTING; JOURNEY TO WORK; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CHINA;

EID: 85006984572     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2016.11.011     Document Type: Article

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