City limits?: The impact of annexation on the frequency of municipal incorporation in North Carolina

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-442

  Smith, Russell M ^a  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexation; Defensive incorporation and boundary change; Municipal incorporation

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80655124387     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2011.0024     Document Type: Article

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