Measures of income inequality and social polarization in canadian metropolitan areas

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-397

  MacLachlan, Ian ^a   Sawada, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Income equality; Metropolitan areas; Social polarization

Indexed keywords

INCOME INEQUALITY; SOCIAL POLARISATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

CANADA;

EID: 0031400781     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb01322.x     Document Type: Article

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