Suburban commuting and activity spaces: using smartphone tracking data to understand the spatial extent of travel behaviour

Geographical Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 426-439

  Vich, Guillem ^a   Marquet, Oriol ^b   Miralles Guasch, Carme ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

activity space; Barcelona; commuting; personal tracking; university campus

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOBILE PHONE; PUBLIC SPACE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUBURBAN AREA; TRACKING;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 85032925676     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12220     Document Type: Article

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