Reflections on conducting urban comparison

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 866-878

  Gough, Katherine ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

city; comparative urbanism; urban life; youth

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFESTYLE; RESEARCH; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; YOUNG POPULATION;

BRAZIL; HANOI; LUSAKA [LUSAKA (PRV)]; LUSAKA [ZAMBIA]; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE; VIET NAM; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84864455628     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.6.866     Document Type: Article

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