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An account of geographic concentration patterns in Europe

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Entropy indices are employed for a description of geographic concentration patterns across Western European regions from 1975 to 2000. Geographic concentration of aggregate employment and market services are represented. Bootstrap inference, topographic concentration, etc. are also touched upon.

Author: Brulhart, Marius, Traeger, Rolf
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 2005
Western Europe, Demographic aspects, Geographical research

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Kooky construction

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Some houses are made of unusual materials, such as sandbags, a water tank, newspapers, or bottles held together with adobe. A house in Seminole, FL, has coffee cups hanging on the outside, while a glass house in Sierra Madre, CA, is in the shape of a pyramid.

Publisher: Boy Scouts of America, Inc.
Publication Name: Boys' Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0006-8608
Year: 1995
Usage, Housing, Building materials, Dwellings, Materials

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Tibet: sitting on top of the world

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Tibet has been altered by the repression it has faced since China invaded in 1959, but it's people remain gentle and helpful and the land is beautiful. Tibetan Buddhism is enjoying a renewed popularity which pervades the culture.

Author: Metzner, Jeffrey, Glasberg, Eva
Publisher: American Express Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 1993
Description and travel, Tibet

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