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Title: Intraurban Migration in the Twin Cities of Minnesota

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: This dissertation combines longstanding conceptual approachesbehavioral andeconomicwith aspects of complexity theory to analyze and model intraurbanmigration patterns in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA). It utilizes detailedparcel data records gathered for property tax purposes available for the seven-countyTCMA. This parcel dataset has about six million parcel records covering six years from2002 to 2007 describing attributes of land parcels, their owners, and the structuresconstructed on them. Using spatial data mining and modeling techniques, this researchextracts spatially accurate information on individual household relocations, constructsvacancy chains, and examines their patterns and relation to residential structure andurban growth.

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Authors: Sun, Shipeng

Institution: University of Minnesota

Department: Geography

Advisor: Steven M. Manson

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Minneapolis, MN

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Topics: Migration and Immigration

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