Urban subcentres in German city regions: Identification, understanding, comparison

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 97, Issue , 2018, Pages S79-S104

  Krehl, Angelika ^a  

^a Affiliated Institute of ILS Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development   (Germany)

Author keywords

comparative urban research; Employment subcentre identification; Germany; locally weighted regression (LWR); metropolitan areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010708948     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12235     Document Type: Article

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