Strangers in our midst: The usefulness of exploring polycentricity

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 433-450

  Agarwal, Ajay ^a   Giuliano, Genevieve ^b   Redfearn, Christian L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857690942     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0497-1     Document Type: Article

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