The fertility transition in Egypt: Intraurban patterns in Cairo

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-93

  Weeks, John R ^a   Getis, Arthur ^a   Hill, Allan G ^b   Gadalla, M Saad ^a   Rashed, Tarek ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cairo; Egypt; Fertility transition; Geographic information systems (GIS); Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; GIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 4644312725     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09401005.x     Document Type: Review

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