Uncovering spatial inequality in taxi services in the context of a subsidy war among E-hailing apps

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Su, Rongxiang ^a   Fang, Zhixiang ^b   Xu, Hong ^c   Huang, Lian ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan University   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d ShenZhen Municipal Transport Commission   (China)

Author keywords

E hailing service; Gini coefficient; Spatial inequality; Subsidy war; Theil index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051480811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi7060230     Document Type: Article

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