A two-step approach to planning new facilities towards equal accessibility

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 994-1011

  Li, Xiang ^a   Wang, Fahui ^b   Yi, Hong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

equal accessibility; Location allocation models; two step optimization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85033458422     PISSN: 23998083     EISSN: 23998091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516657083     Document Type: Article

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