Are big cities more segregated? Neighbourhood scale and the measurement of segregation

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Krupka, Douglas ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 34250734556     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601023828     Document Type: Article

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