America's central cities and the location of work: Can cities compete with their suburbs?

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-432

  Hill, Edward W ^a   Brennan, John ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University s   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INNER CITY AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 29144529115     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360508976713     Document Type: Article

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