title: The distribution of population and employment in a polycentric city:  the case of Los Angeles.
abstract: "The distribution of population and employment in metropolitan Los Angeles in 1970 and 1980 is examined in this paper.  Population continued to disperse in the 1970s, whereas the geographical distribution of employment combined job clustering around a few major employment centers with a high degree of general job dispersion.  In Los Angeles polycentrism has been associated with shorter work trips, particularly intracounty trips in the more peripheral counties."  Population data are for 2,403 comparable census tracts for 1970 and 1980; data concerning geographical employment distribution are from the 1980 census.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002140:California; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014186:Transportation; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Americas; Behavior; California; Commuting; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Labor Force; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Density; Research Report; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; United States; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution