Concentration and decentralization: The new geography of freight distribution in US metropolitan areas

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-371

  Cidell, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Freight; Gini coefficient; Suburbanization; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LOGISTICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBANIZATION; TRUCKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649181646     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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