Publication: Intra-Urban Graphs
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2009
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2012-06-26
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This paper presents a series of graphs that document demographic and spatial trends for urban regions of the world.
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“World Bank. 2009. Intra-Urban Graphs. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9143 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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