Researches on comprehensive measurement of compactness of urban agglomerations in China

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1011-1021

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

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

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compactness; Measurement and appraisal; Spatial discrepancy; Urban agglomeration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58149312956     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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