A global map of travel time to cities to assess inequalities in accessibility in 2015

Nature

Volumn 553, Issue 7688, 2018, Pages 333-336

  Weiss, D J ^a   Nelson, A ^b   Gibson, H S ^a   Temperley, W ^c   Peedell, S ^c   Lieber, A ^d   Hancher, M ^d   Poyart, E ^d   Belchior, S ^e   Fullman, N ^f   Mappin, B ^g   Dalrymple, U ^a   Rozier, J ^a   Lucas, T C D ^a   Howes, R E ^a   Tusting, L S ^a   Kang, S Y ^a   Cameron, E ^a   Bisanzio, D ^a   Battle, K E ^a   Bhatt, S ^h   Gething, P W ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^e Office D   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EQUITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERNET; MAP; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL TIME; TRIANGULATION;

ARTICLE; CITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAP; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MAPS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85040814355     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25181     Document Type: Article

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