Who are the typical commuters in the post-socialist metropolis? The case of Riga, Latvia

Cities

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 334-340

  Krisjane, Zaiga ^a   Berzins, Maris ^a   Ivlevs, Artjoms ^b   Bauls, Andris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commuting; Commuting time; Population subgroups; Riga metropolitan area; Suburbanisation

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOBILITY; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUBURBANIZATION;

LATVIA; RIGA;

EID: 84864139586     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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