Temporal Point Pattern Analysis of Human Activities Using GIS Methods: A Case Study of Library Visiting Activities in Chengdu City, China

Professional Geographer

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 738-750

  Zhang, Yongping ^a   Liu, Lun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; HERITAGE TOURISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

CHENGDU; CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 85068600115     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2019.1611456     Document Type: Article

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