Spatial metrics to study urban patterns in growing and shrinking cities

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 246-271

  Reis, José P ^a   Silva, Elisabete A ^a   Pinho, Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

spatial metrics; spatial patterns; urban growth; urban shrinkage

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84945389754     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1096118     Document Type: Article

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