Spatial evolution of the US urban system

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-156

  Ioannides, Yannis M ^a   Overman, Henry G ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Kernel estimation; Spatial evolution; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842731757     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/4.2.131     Document Type: Article

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