Gender, race, and the determinants of commuting: New york in 1990

Urban Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 192-212

  Preston, Valerie ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Geography ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GENDER DISPARITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; URBAN ECONOMY;

USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;

EID: 0031409470     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.18.3.192     Document Type: Article

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