Estimating the Effects of Light Rail Transit (LRT) System on Residential Property Values Using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR)

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-25

  Dziauddin, Mohd Faris ^a   Powe, Neil ^b   Alvanides, Seraphim ^c  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; Greater Kuala Lumpur; Hedonic pricing; Land value capture; Light rail transit (LRT)

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; PROPERTY MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 85027920069     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-014-9117-z     Document Type: Article

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