The impact of urban growth on commuting patterns in a restructuring city: Evidence from Beijing

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 735-754

  Zhao, Pengjun ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   de Roo, Gert ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beijing; Commuting; Employment decentralization; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUTING; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 80155148173     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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