Testing the elastic-cities concept within a nonmetropolitan environment: Evidence from British Columbia, Canada, 1971 to 2001

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 700-727

  Meligrana, John ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047214319     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3849     Document Type: Article

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