Richardson in the information age: Geographic information systems and spatial data in international studies

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 461-481

  Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^a,b   Weidmann, Nils B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

spatial diffusion; spatial disaggregation; spatial processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861420583     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-031710-112604     Document Type: Review

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