Defining labour market areas by analysing commuting data: Innovative methods in the 2007 review of travel-to-work areas

Technologies for Migration and Commuting Analysis: Spatial Interaction Data Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 227-241

  Coombes, Mike ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865179099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-755-8.ch012     Document Type: Chapter

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