Decentralization of the Nation's Main Street: New coastal-proximity-based portrayals of population distribution in the United States, 1950-2000

Professional Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 448-459

  Henrie, Christopher J ^a   Plane, David A ^b  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal proximity; Migration; Population redistribution; United States

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33750121273     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2006.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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