Population landscape: A geometric approach to studying spatial patterns of the US urban hierarchy

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 649-667

  Mu, Lan ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagram; Population landscape; Urban hierarchy

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745097136     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 17417546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810600661342     Document Type: Article

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