Immigrant profiles of U.S. urban areas and agents of resettlement

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-73

  Brown, Lawrence A ^a   Mott, Tamar E ^a   Malecki, Edward J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Refugees; Resettlement programs; United States; Urban systems

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; REFUGEE; URBAN SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846536853     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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