The strange case of the bay area

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-29

  Richard, Walker ^a   Alex, Schafran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bay area; California; Cities; Inequality; Metropolitan; San francisco; Silicon valley; Suburban

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN SYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921710930     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a46277     Document Type: Article

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