Green exposure of walking routes and residential areas using smartphone tracking data and GIS in a Mediterranean city

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 40, Issue , 2019, Pages 275-285

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

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; GPS; Green space; Mediterranean cities; Smartphone tracking

Indexed keywords

DATA; GIS; GPS; GREENSPACE; MOBILE PHONE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRACKING; WALKING;

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

EID: 85051720314     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.08.008     Document Type: Article

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