Quantifying the urban environment
A scale measure of urbanicity outperforms the urban-rural dichotomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4601353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darren L Dahly, Darren Dahly (0000-0003-0110-324X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Linda S Adair (0000-0002-3670-8073, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1407-1419 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.019 |
| PMID | 17196724 |
| PMCID | PMC2001275 |
| OpenAlex | W2038397409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 79 |
| References cited | 24 |
Cartography · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Measure (data warehouse · Public health · Scale (ratio · Urbanization · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Computer Science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 78 |