Using Spatial Statistics to Examine the Pattern of Urban Land Development in Halifax–Dartmouth

Professional Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 521-532

  Cuthbert, Angela L ^a   Anderson, William P ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Decentralization; K function; Urban form

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0036848585     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00347     Document Type: Article

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