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Commuting, the daily link between residences and workplaces, sets up the complex interaction between the two most important land uses (residential and employment) in a city, and dictates the configuration of urban structure. In addition to prolonged time and stress for individual commuters on traffic, commuting comes with additional societal costs including elevated crash risks, worsening air quality, and louder traffic noise, etc. These issues are important to city planners, policy researchers, and decision makers. GIS-Based Simulation and Analysis of Intra-Urban Commuting, presents GIS-based simulation, optimization and statistical approaches to measure, map, analyze, and explain commuting patterns including commuting length and efficiency. Several GIS-automated easy-to-use tools will be available, along with sample data, for readers to download and apply to their own studies. This book recognizes that reporting errors from survey data and use of aggregated zonal data are two sources of bias in estimation of wasteful commuting, it studies the temporal trend of intraurban commuting pattern based on the most recent period newly-available 2006-2010, and it focuses on commuting, and especially wasteful commuting within US cities. It includes ready-to-download GIS-based simulation tools and sample data, and an explanation of optimization and statistical techniques of how to measure commuting, as well as presenting a methodology that can be applicable to other studies. This book is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in geography, urban planning, public policy, transportation engineering, and other related disciplines.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780367023034
eBay Product ID (ePID)6046557685
Product Key Features
Number of Pages110 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGis-Based Simulation and Analysis of Intra-Urban Commuting
Publication Year2018
SubjectGeography & Geosciences, Sustainability
TypeTextbook
AuthorYujie Hu, Fahui Wang
Subject AreaUrban Planning, Civil Engineering
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight272 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorYujie Hu, Fahui Wang