Analysing Mexican population concentration: A model with empirical evidence

Urban Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1269-1281

  Dehghan, Farhad ^a   Uribe, Guillermo Vargas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032857992     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098992980     Document Type: Article

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