Internal Migration in Victoria, Australia—testing the ‘Sponge City’ Model

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-255

  Alexander, Simone ^a   Mercer, David ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internal migration; Rural depopulation; Sponge city; Victoria

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960846824     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140701344841     Document Type: Article

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