Urban polycentricity and the costs of commuting: Evidence from Italian metropolitan areas

Growth and Change

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-429

  Veneri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; COMMUTING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL TEST; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

EID: 77956468308     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2010.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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