Scale

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-28

  Sayre, N F ^a   Di Vittorio, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction of scale; Hierarchy; Level; Network; Observational scale; Operational scale; Production of scale; Relation; Scale mismatch; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030526828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00318-7     Document Type: Chapter

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