Access to the city: Mobility patterns, transport and accessibility in peripheral settlements of Dar es Salaam

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-29

  Andreasen, Manja Hoppe ^a   Møller Jensen, Lasse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Cost distance analysis; Mobility; Peri urban; Urban expansion; Urban transport

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; PERIPHERAL REGION; PERIURBAN AREA; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

DAR ES SALAAM [DAR ES SALAAM (RGA)]; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 85019485209     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.05.005     Document Type: Article

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