Polycentricity and the Multiplexity of Urban Networks

European Planning Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 816-840

  Burger, Martijn J ^a,b,c   van der Knaap, Bert ^a   Wall, Ronald S ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE FLOW; URBAN AREA;

NETHERLANDS; RANDSTAD;

EID: 84899992155     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2013.771619     Document Type: Article

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