The worst of all worlds: Los Angeles, California, and the emerging reality of dense sprawl

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1902, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Eidlin, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

GINI COEFFICIENTS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 27944448111     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1902-01     Document Type: Review

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