The dirty little secret of world cities research: Data problems in comparative analysis

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 697-717

  Short, J R ^a   Kim, Y ^a   Kuus, M ^a   Wells, H ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROBLEM; DATA RELIABILITY; GLOBAL CITY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; URBAN HIERARCHY; URBAN RESEARCH; WORLD CITY;

EID: 0030390739     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.1996.tb00343.x     Document Type: Article

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