How streetcars shaped suburbanization: A Granger causality analysis of land use and transit in the Twin Cities

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-470

  Xie, Feng ^a   Levinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granger causality; Land use; Suburbanization; Transit; Twin cities

Indexed keywords

GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; LAND USE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SUBURBANIZATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859474531     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp031     Document Type: Article

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