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Accessibility analysis for telecommuting: a GIS-based approach
dc.creator | Chen, Chun | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:03:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:03:13Z | |
dc.date.created | 2001 | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2001-THESIS-C44 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-63). | en |
dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Most American metropolitan areas are suffering highway congestion and delays. To improve the situation, alternatives other than increasing the supply part of transportation systems, such as telecommuting, have stimulated interest among planners and policy-makers. Research on telecommuting as one solution to reducing travel demand has been active in the past few years. However, most research focuses on analysis of the impact of telecommuting on vehicle-mobility rather than on individual accessibility. This paper attempts to evaluate telecommuting's effects on accessibility. A GIS-based case study for the city of Austin is presented to demonstrate the utility of GIS in accessibility measures. GIS serves as the data integrator, geo-computing, spatial analysis and mapping tool. Four simulations of telecommuting levels: a medium level and a high level in the base year 1997, and a medium level and a high level in the year 2025 are used to compare and analyze the different spatial patterns of the accessibility index. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | geography. | en |
dc.subject | Major geography. | en |
dc.title | Accessibility analysis for telecommuting: a GIS-based approach | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | geography | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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