Development similarity based on proximity: A case study of urban clusters in Canada

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 443-465

  Portnov, Boris A ^a   Wellar, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Development strategies; Proximity; Public policy; Spatial association; Urban clustering

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOUSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444464471     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10110-004-0200-8     Document Type: Article

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