Determination of the number of significant flows in origin - Destination specific analysis: The case of commuting in flanders

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-524

  Van Nuffel, Nathalie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commuting; Degree of polarization; Flanders; Flow data; Number of significant flows; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUTING; SKEWNESS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347264860     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701281808     Document Type: Article

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