Measurement and spatial distribution of Urban agglomertion industrial Compactness in China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-299

  Qi, Weifeng ^a,b,c   Fang, Chuanglin ^a   Song, Jitao ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industrial compactness; Urban agglomeration (UA

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57749194911     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-008-0291-2     Document Type: Article

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