Cities are physical too: Using computer vision to measure the quality and impact of urban appearance

American Economic Review

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 128-132

  Naik, Nikhil ^a   Raskar, Ramesh ^a   Hidalgo, César A ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

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EID: 84978701105     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20161030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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