Spatial and Socio-environmental Dynamics of Catalan Regional Planning from a Multivariate Statistical Analysis Using 1980s and 2000s Data

European Planning Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1280-1300

  Serra, Pere ^a   Vera, Ana ^a   Tulla, Antoni Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANNING METHOD; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84901845095     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2013.782388     Document Type: Article

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