An Allometric Analysis of the US Urban System: 1960 – 80
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 21 (4), 463-476
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a210463
Abstract
In this paper the relationship between urban population size and land area of urbanized areas of the USA in 1960, 1970, and 1980 is analyzed by means of the all...Keywords
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