Modeling population density across major US cities: A polycentric spatial regression approach

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-75

  Griffith, Daniel A ^a   Wong, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monocentric; Polycentric; Population density; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial autoregressive model

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CENSUS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947143470     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-006-0032-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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