With numbers in place: Security, territory, and the production of calculable space

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-319

  Rose Redwood, Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency response systems; geo coding; governmentality; security; street addressing

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; GENEALOGY; MAPPING METHOD; RURAL AREA; SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRITORY; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84857959608     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.620503     Document Type: Article

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