Exploring the variability of segregation index D with scale and zonal systems: an analysis of thirty US cities

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-522

  Wong, D W S ^a   Lasus, H ^a   Falk, R F ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY; ZONING SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032927405     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a310507     Document Type: Article

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