Urban footprints in rural Canada: Employment spillovers by city size

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-260

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting; Labour; Markets; Regional; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; REGIONALIZATION; RURAL AREA; SPILLOVER EFFECT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CANADA;

EID: 77954233213     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903241477     Document Type: Article

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