Post-socialist urban trends: New patterns and motivations for migration in the suburban areas of Rīga, Latvia

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-306

  Krisjane, Zaiga ^a   Berzins, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBANIZATION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

LATVIA; RIGA;

EID: 84855887748     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011402232     Document Type: Article

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