Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

publication search

You are here > Home / Publications / Defining Geographic Communities

Defining Geographic Communities

download

Document Format: Motu Working Paper

Publication Year: 2005

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide a guide to concepts, ideas, and measurements of geographic communities. The paper investigates the various concepts of geographic communities found in the literature and reviews existing studies to determine how researchers measure geographic communities in practice.

Citation

Poland, Michelle and David C. Maré. 2005. "Defining Geographic Communities," Motu Working Paper 05-09.

Motu code: MWP0509

JEL codes: R11