A quantitative assessment of the distribution and extent of urban clusters in China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-151

  Zhang, Qian ^a,b,c   Hu, Yunfeng ^a   Liu, Jiyuan ^a   Liu, Yue ^a,b   Ren, Wangbing ^d   Li, Jun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d The National Development and Reform Commission   (China)

Author keywords

China; computerized identification; Geographic Information System (GIS); spatial distribution; urban clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855299569     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0917-2     Document Type: Article

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