From compactness to what? Long-term population trends in six large Mediterranean cities

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 826-849

  Salvati, Luca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

compact growth; ex urban development; Mediterranean city; multivariate analysis; population indicators

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CATALONIA; GREECE; ITALY; LAZIO; LOMBARDY; MADRID [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SPAIN;

EID: 84878999481     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.708323     Document Type: Article

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