The delineation of 21 st century local labour market areas: A critical review and a research agenda;La delimitación de mercados locales de trabajo en el siglo XXI. Revisión crítica y programa de investigación

Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles

Volumn , Issue 57, 2011, Pages

  Casado Díaz, José M ^a   Coombes, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commuting; Functional areas; Local labour market areas; Regionalisation; Travel to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856183374     PISSN: 02129426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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