Urban spatial pattern as self-organizing system: An empirical evaluation of firm location decisions in Cleveland-Akron PMSA, Ohio

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-314

  Kumar, Mukesh ^a   Bowen, William M ^b   Kaufman, Miron ^b  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION THEORY; MODELING; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AKRON; CLEVELAND [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247481307     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-006-0097-z     Document Type: Article

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