The decentralising metropolis: Economic diversity and commuting in the US suburbs

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2525-2549

  Lee, Shin ^a   Gook Seo, Jong ^b   Webster, Chris ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845273301     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601038370     Document Type: Article

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