The urban growth machine, central place theory and access to open space

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-98

  Smith, Jordan W ^a   Floyd, Myron F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; New economic geography; Open space access; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878106763     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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