The validity of the monocentric city model in a polycentric age: US metropolitan areas in 1990, 2000 and 2010

Urban Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 980-997

  Arribas Bel, Daniel ^a   Sanz Gracia, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

employment centers; local indicators of spatial association (LISA); urban spatial structure

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908333108     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2014.940693     Document Type: Article

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