The social equity of urban service distribution: An exploration of park access in pueblo, colorado, and macon, georgia

Urban Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 521-541

  Talen, Emily ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FACILTY LOCATION; METHODOLOGY; PARK ACCESS; SPATIAL PATTERN; URBAN PARK DISTRIBUTION; URBAN SERVICES;

USA, COLORADO, PUEBLO; USA, GEORGIA, MACON;

EID: 0031395153     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.18.6.521     Document Type: Article

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