Connecting historical and contemporary small-area geography in Britain: The creation of digital boundary data for 1971 and 1981 census units

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 749-767

  Walford, Nigel ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1971; 1981; Britain; Census; Digital boundary data; Small area geography

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; GIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24644488760     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810500071832     Document Type: Article

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