Examining 1991 travel-to-work patterns in the Belfast Urban Area as a context for urban employment policy

Applied Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-202

  Shuttleworth, Ian ^a   Power, John ^b   McKinstry, Darren ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spatial targeting; Travel to work; Urban employment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; JOURNEY TO WORK; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034009832     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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