"Running down the up escalator": A revisionist perspective on decentralization and deconcentration in the United States, 1970-2000

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-158

  Gottlieb, Paul D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Amenities; Decentralization; Deconcentration; Migration; Urban systems

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRATION; URBAN SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644798217     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606286271     Document Type: Article

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