Road-building and network efficiency in poly-centric Pittsburgh 1980-2010

Applied Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-167

  Buckwalter, Donald W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Network analysis; Pittsburgh; Transportation; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOTORWAY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878055015     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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