Exploring spatial patterns of property crime risks in Changchun, China

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 80-100

  Song, Wei ^a   Liu, Daqian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changchun; China; Global and Local Regression Analysis; Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics; Standardized Property Crime Rate (SCR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885457556     PISSN: 19479654     EISSN: 19479662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jagr.2013070105     Document Type: Article

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