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We have focused on the transportation of commodities. It is now time to turn to the movement of people, i.e. commuting in the short run, and migration in the long run. There have been suggested several appealing models of both.
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Puu, T. (2003). Commuting and Migrating. In: Mathematical Location and Land Use Theory. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24785-2_7
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