'Hidden Polycentrism' or 'Subtle Dispersion'? Urban growth and long-term sub-centre dynamics in three Mediterranean cities

Land Use Policy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-243

  Salvati, Luca ^a   De Rosa, Simona ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean cities; Polycentric development; Population de concentration; Socioeconomic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900990125     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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