Employment sprawl, race and the journey to work in Birmingham, Alabama

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-74

  Weber, Joe ^a   Sultana, Selima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Birmingham; Commuting; GIS; Sprawl

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; GIS; JOURNEY TO WORK; RACE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; WORKPLACE;

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46649096840     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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