Research on the urban influence domains in China

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1527-1539

  Liang, Shumin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gravity model; Urban agglomerations; Urban influence domain

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ARC-INFO; ARCVIEW; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; GEOMETRY; GIS; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71249128321     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810802363614     Document Type: Article

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