An economic geography of the United States: From commutes to megaregions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Nelson, Garrett Dash ^a   Rae, Alasdair ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY; STRESS; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ALGORITHMS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85000916583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166083     Document Type: Article

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