Neighborhood evaluation using GIS: An exploratory study

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 583-615

  Talen, Emily ^a   Shah, Swasti ^a  

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

Author keywords

GIS; Neighborhood preferences; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; URBANA;

EID: 34548657541     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506292332     Document Type: Review

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