Title: Urban-rural classification
Subtitle: identifying a system suitable for transit
Description: "In this paper existing urban-rural classifications are evaluated to determine their ability to appropriately delineate differences among geographic areas as they relate to personal mobility need and transportation service availability with emphasis placed on the definitional boundary between urban, small urban, and rural areas. In the absence of a suitable existing classification system, a new system is constructed, applied, and evaluated"--Executive summary.
Subjects: Methodology, Population geography, Local transit, Human geography, Research
Places: United States