Land absorption in U.S. metropolitan areas: Estimates and projections from regional adjustment models

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-104

  Carruthers, John I ^a   Mulligan, Gordon F ^b  

^a Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845480316     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2006.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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