Municipal annexation and the selective underbounding of colonias in Texas' Lower Rio Grande Valley

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1699-1715

  Durst, Noah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexation; Colonias; Municipal underbounding; Poverty; Texas

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GIS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOFTWARE;

RIO GRANDE VALLEY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904360035     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a130038p     Document Type: Article

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