Tracking Ethnically Divided Commuting Patterns Over Time: A Case Study of Atlanta

Professional Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 274-283

  Jang, Woo ^a   Yao, Xiaobai ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

job housing relationship; Latinos; race and ethnicity; spatio temporal changes; urban commuting

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COMMUTING; ETHNICITY; LATINO PEOPLE; METROPOLITAN AREA; RACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897571748     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.784952     Document Type: Article

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