Spatial and temporal residential density patterns from 1940 to 2000 in and around the Northern Forest of the Northeastern United States

Population and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-419

  Mockrin, Miranda H ^a   Stewart, Susan I ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^c   Hammer, Roger B ^d   Johnson, Kenneth M ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenity growth; Cluster analysis; Housing density; Housing growth; Northern Forest; Sprawl

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNTERURBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HOUSING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873526807     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-012-0165-5     Document Type: Article

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