Urban peripheries as organizers of what remains of the center: Examining the evidence from Los Angeles and Chicago

Urban Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-153

  Greene, Richard P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High amenity zones; Job centers; L.A. School

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN REGION;

CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43849093816     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.29.2.138     Document Type: Article

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