On the First Law of Geography: A Reply

2004/06/01 by Waldo Tobler · 505 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · #Geography #Human geography #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Law #Political science #Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis #Regional geography #Social science #Sociology #Spatial and Panel Data Analysis #Warrant

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09402009.x

published in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94(2), 304-310 (American Association of Geographers)

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Abstract

Daniel Sui has sent me a written version of comments presented by five geographers at a panel on the first law of geography organized byhim at the 2003 AAG meeting in New Orleans. The comments seem...

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