Rural-to-Urban commuting: Three degrees of integration

Growth and Change

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-335

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Ali, M D Kamar ^b   Rose Olfert, M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFESTYLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 77954107506     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2010.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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