Natural amenities and their effects on migration along the urban-rural continuum

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 861-883

  Chi, Guangqing ^a   Marcouiller, David W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84878111989     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0524-2     Document Type: Article

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