New Moscow: An exploratory assessment

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 857-875

  Argenbright, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

automobile traffic; Capital Federal District; government relocation; Moscow; Moscow Oblast; New Moscow; public transportation; Russia; urban development; urban expansion

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; EXPANSION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; MUSCOVITE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; STATE ROLE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SITE;

MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84855490745     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.52.6.857     Document Type: Article

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