Aggregation issues in cognitive mapping

Professional Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-280

  Kitchin, Robert M ^a   Fotheringham, A Stewart ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cognitive mapping; Ecological fallacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008318655     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00076     Document Type: Article

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