Interpreting What is Rural and Urban for Western U.S. Counties

Professional Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-105

  Berry, Kate A ^a   Markee, Nancy L ^a   Fowler, Nanci ^a   Giewat, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

County government; Rural; Urban; Western United States

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; TERMINOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034013691     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00208     Document Type: Article

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