Changes in the intrametropolitan location of producer services in Île-de-france (1978-1997): Do information technologies promote a more dispersed spatial pattern?

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 550-578

  Boiteux Orain, Céline ^a   Guillain, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Information technologies; Monocentric and polycentric configurations; Producer services; Suburbanization

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCATION DECISION; SERVICE SECTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15544372332     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.6.550     Document Type: Article

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