Journal article
A global map of travel time to cities to assess inequalities in accessibility in 2015
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The economic and man-made resources that sustain human wellbeing are not distributed evenly across the world, but are instead heavily concentrated in cities. Poor access to opportunities and services offered by urban centres (a function of distance, transport infrastructure, and the spatial distribution of cities) is a major barrier to improved livelihoods and overall development. Advancing accessibility worldwide underpins the equity agenda of ‘leaving no one behind’ established by the Susta...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 8.6MB)
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- 10.1038/nature25181
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Funding
+ Google Earth
Engine
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validatinganonlineaccessibility
mappingtoolpoweredbyGoogleEarthEngine”
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+ European Union
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"Roadless Forest" project -
"Making efficient use of EU climate finance: Using roads as an early performance
indicator for REDD+ projects"
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Journal website
- Volume:
- 553
- Pages:
- 333–336
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-11-27
- DOI:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
- Source identifiers:
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811588
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pubs:811588
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uuid:e4584ac4-b89c-488a-9f88-57b2fffc1aa8
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- pubs:811588
- Deposit date:
- 2017-12-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Weiss et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer Nature at: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25181
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