Historical background of community indicators

Community Indicators Measuring Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 33-62

  Cobb, Clifford ^a   Rixford, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85082259193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315259826-2     Document Type: Chapter

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