Small business establishment profiles and rapid population growth in sunbelt metropolitan areas, 1995-2005

Urban Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-555

  Michimi, Akihiko ^a   Berentsen, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Rapid population growth; Small business sectors; Sunbelt MSAs

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINING INDUSTRY; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SUN BELT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549163873     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.29.6.526     Document Type: Article

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