Multi-Disciplinary Determination of the Rural/Urban Boundary: A Case Study in Xi’an, China

Rapid urbanization in China has blurred the boundaries between rural and urban areas in both geographic and conceptual terms. Accurately identifying this boundary in a given area is an important prerequisite for studies of these areas, but previous research has used fairly simplistic factors to dist...

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Main Authors: Lei Fang, Yingjie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/8/2632