Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Accessible City: Employment Opportunities in Time and Space

该博士论文研究计划的重点是郊区化、经济结构调整和电信和运输技术的快速变化对城市景观的影响，特别是城市内部的可达性。该研究将确定可达性是如何定义、测量和理论上合理的，提出一种改进的测量可达性的方法，该方法包含了当地的空间统计数据，并评估如何在GIS环境中利用可达性措施，为城市政策和规划提供有效的工具。该案例研究的重点是大洛杉矶大都市区。

Lauren Scott San Diego State University The doctoral dissertation research proposal focuses on the ways in which suburbanization, economic restructuring and rapid changes in telecommunications and transport technologies have affected the urban landscape and especially intra-metropolitcan accessibility. The research specifically will: determine how accessibility has been defined, measured, and theoretically justified, suggest an improved method for measuring accessibility that incorporates a local spatial statistic, and evaluate how access measures might be utilized within a GIS environment to provide effective tools for urban policy and planning. The case study focuses upon the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.