Creating open source geodemographics: Refining a national classification of census output areas for applications in higher education

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-666

  Singleton, Alexander D ^a   Longley, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Geodemographics; GIS; Higher Education; Output area classification (OAC)

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; GIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68549128821     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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