Population suburbanization in Barcelona, 1991-2005: Is its spatial structure changing?

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-132

  Garcia López, Miquel Àngel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessibility city; Dispersed model; Polycentrism; Population suburbanization; Subcenters; Urban spatial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953284622     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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