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SPAG: A New Measure of Spatial Agglomeration. Theoretical Background and Empirical Examples1

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|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0041 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 42
Submitted on: Jul 18, 2018
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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