Geographicallyweighted regression models in estimating median home prices in towns of Massachusetts based on an urban sustainability framework

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Ma, Yaxiong ^a   Gopal, Sucharita ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; GWR; Home price; Mixed GWR; Remote sensing; Residential development; Suburban sprawl; Sustainability; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; GIS; GREENSPACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SPRAWL; VALUATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044669125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10041026     Document Type: Article

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