Issues in the measurement of localization

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 733-758

  Fratesi, Ugo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MANUFACTURING; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42449096302     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a39223     Document Type: Article

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