A comparison of aspects of the US and UK censuses of population

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-60

  Barr, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS OF GIS; CENSUS DATA; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; USER COMMUNITIES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CENSUS DATA; CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS; GEOGRAPHICAL BASE; GIS;

UK; USA;

EID: 0029778522     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.1996.tb00033.x     Document Type: Review

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