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Selected Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Transport ResearchWorld Conference on Transport Research Society
URBAN LAND USE CHANGES AROUND SUBWAY NETWORK ARISING FROM GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND CHAOTIC LOCATION THEORY
Etsuo Yamamura

Paper Summary

The article discusses how changes in urban land use around subway networks can impact population concentration and infrastructure. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), researchers studied land use changes in Sapporo City, Japan. They found that natural ecosystems are being converted into various urban land uses near the subway network.

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