A geographer's analysis of hub-and-spoke networks

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-186

  O'Kelly, Morton E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032172054     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6923(98)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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