Spatial accessibility and equity of playgrounds in Edmonton, Canada

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-302

  Smoyer Tomic, Karen E ^a   Hewko, Jared N ^a   Hodgson, M John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AMENITY; EQUITY; GIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 6944229347     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-3658.2004.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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