Sub-centring and commuting: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1980-90

Urban Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1059-1076

  Cervero, Robert ^a   Wu, Kang Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT DECENTRALISATION; SUBURBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRAVEL;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 0031853871     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098984484     Document Type: Review

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