An Open-Source Software for Calculating Indices of Urban Residential Segregation

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-128

  Apparicio, Philippe ^a   Martori, Joan Carles ^b   Pearson, Amber L ^c   Fournier, Éric ^d   Apparicio, Denis ^e  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

geographic information systems; Java; residential segregation; segregation indices; urban segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898682015     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313504539     Document Type: Article

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