Symmetry and asymmetry in working and commuting arrangements between partners in the Netherlands: Does the residential context matter?

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2181-2200

  de Meester, Edith ^a   van Ham, Maarten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; JOURNEY TO WORK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBANIZATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350542863     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a41246     Document Type: Article

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