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Title: Beyond residential segregation: A spatiotemporal approach to examining multi-contextual segregation
Award ID(s):
1735295
PAR ID:
10090753
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Volume:
71
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0198-9715
Page Range / eLocation ID:
98 to 108
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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