Commuting economy: An alternative approach for assessing regional commuting efficiency

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1255-1272

  Murphy, Enda ^a   Killen, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; JOURNEY TO WORK; LAND USE LOCATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 79955419730     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010370627     Document Type: Article

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