Land-use dynamics beyond the American urban fringe

Geographical Review

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 544-564

  Theobald, David M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Exurbia; Land use; Sprawl; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040925865     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2001.tb00240.x     Document Type: Article

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