Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-497

  Overman, Henry G ^a,b   Puga, Diego ^b,c,d   Turner, Matthew A ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c Social Sciences   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land cover; Population growth

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849102621     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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