Non-Metropolitan Population Growth and the Evolution of Rural Service Centres in the Canadian Prairie Region

Regional Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 43-53

  Stabler, Jack C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE SYSTEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNTER URBANIZATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; SMALL COMMUNITIES;

EID: 0023133672     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343408712331344248     Document Type: Article

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