Chapter 35 Trends in sizes and structures of urban areas

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages 1339-1373

  Cheshire, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350102308     PISSN: 15740080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0080(99)80004-2     Document Type: Review

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