Measuring inequality in rural England: The effects of changing spatial resolution

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3023-3037

  Huby, Meg ^a   Cinderby, Steve ^a   White, Piran ^a   de Bruin, Annemarieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POVERTY; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71049150809     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a425     Document Type: Article

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