Research Policy and Review 35. The Booming Towns Studies: Methodological Issues

1 October 1991

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Vol. 23 (10) , 1393-1408
https://doi.org/10.1068/a231393

Abstract

In this paper the value of the Booming Towns approach to ranking local areas on the basis of their economic performance is assessed. More specifically, detailed methodological issues, such as the choice of appropriate areal units, the selection of indicator variables, and the manner of combining and ranking indicators to derive synthetic indices are discussed, with reference to possible alternative approaches.

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