The occupational dimensions of local labour markets in Australian cities

Built Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-306

  Bill, Anthea ^a   Mitchell, William ^a   Watts, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ALGORITHM; COMMUTING; HOUSING CONDITIONS; JOURNEY TO WORK; LABOR MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; OCCUPATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 53449098087     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.34.3.291     Document Type: Article

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