Investigating the validity of rural-urban distinctions in the impacts of changing service provision: The example of postal service reconfiguration in Wales

Geoforum

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-64

  Higgs, Gary ^a   Langford, Mitch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly population groups; GIS; Post offices; Rural urban variations in accessibility; Wales

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; GIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84879470311     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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