Use of spatial SQL to assess the practical significance of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 270-274

  Lembo Jr , Arthur J ^a   Lew, Megan Young ^a   Laba, Magdeline ^a   Baveye, Philippe ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; MAUP; Spatial SQL

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 30944462367     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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