Cluster Analysis to Classify Residential Areas: A Los Angeles Application
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the American Institute of Planners
- Vol. 42 (3) , 286-294
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01944367608977731
Abstract
This article suggests that cluster analysis has substantial advantages over more frequently used methods of classifying residential areas and summarizing a real data. It can be used to define neighborhood types and display their characteristics and spatial patterns in a way that is easily under stood by planners and others who may have little mathematical background. The article explains the advantages and characteristics of cluster analysis and describes its wide-ranging applications by the Los Angeles Community Analysis Bureau.Keywords
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