Quantifying urban diversity: Multiple spatial measures of physical, social, and economic characteristics

Computational Approaches for Urban Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 149-181

  Rosner, Timothy ^a   Curtin, Kevin M ^b  

^a Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC)   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Geographic information analysis; Jane Jacobs; Livability; Urban geography

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; JANE JACOBS; LIVABILITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84943759890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11469-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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