Mapping the DNA of urban neighborhoods: Clustering longitudinal sequences of neighborhood socioeconomic change

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 36-56

  Delmelle, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; GIS; Neighborhood change; Sequential pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; GIS; MAPPING; NEIGHBORHOOD; SATELLITE DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971405790     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1096188     Document Type: Article

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