Keys to the new metropolis: America's big, fast-growing suburban counties

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-391

  Lang, Robert E ^a   Blakely, Edward J ^b   Gough, Meghan Z ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 29144471973     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360508976709     Document Type: Article

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