Redefining urban areas in OECD countries

Redefining "Urban": A New Way to Measure Metropolitan Areas

Volumn 9789264174108, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-58

  Brezzi, Monica ^a   Piacentini, Mario ^a   Rosina, Konstantin ^a   Sanchez Serra, Daniel ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

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EID: 84917522856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1787/9789264174108-4-en     Document Type: Chapter

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