If alonso was right: Modeling accessibility and explaining the residential land gradient

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-338

  Ahlfeldt, Gabriel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LAND MARKET; MODELING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 79954989381     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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