Density gradients and their determinants: Evidence from India

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-344

  Sridhar, Kala Seetharam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY   (India)

Author keywords

Density gradient; Gradient regressions; India; Suburbanization; Two point method

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; EMPLOYMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34047117798     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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