Exploring the disparities in park access through mobile phone data: Evidence from Shanghai, China

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 181, Issue , 2019, Pages 80-91

  Xiao, Yang ^a   Wang, De ^a   Fang, Jia ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Mobile phone data; Shanghai; Space time activities; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; LARGE DATASET; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; MOBILE PHONE DATUM; SHANGHAI; SPACE TIME; URBAN PARKS;

URBAN GROWTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EQUITY; EXPLORATION; GIS; GREENSPACE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; MOBILE PHONE; PARK DESIGN; SERVICE PROVISION; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 85054173893     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.09.013     Document Type: Article

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