The demographic profiles of the world's largest cities: A baseline analysis and policy implications

Cities

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Chen, Xiangming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY IMPACT; POPULATION TRENDS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0030445753     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-2751(96)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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