Urban evolution in the USA

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-372

  Black, Duncan ^a   Henderson, Vernon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City size distribution; Markov processes; Urban concentration; Urban growth; Urban specialization

Indexed keywords

SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142027663     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbg017     Document Type: Article

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