Work and home location: Possible role of social networks

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-331

  Tilahun, Nebiyou ^a   Levinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contacts; Home and work location sharing; Home finding; Job finding; Social networks; Work commute

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

DATA SET; HOME FINDING; JOB FINDING; LOCATION SHARING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINNEAPOLIS; WORK COMMUTE; WORK PLACE;

LOCATION;

COMMUTING; JOB SEARCH; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952487331     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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