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Novel and Eccentric … But Valuable? Some Responses to Richardson

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  • R J Johnston

    (Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England)

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A brief reply to some of the points raised by Richardson in the previous paper.

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  • R J Johnston, 1977. "Novel and Eccentric … But Valuable? Some Responses to Richardson," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 9(3), pages 357-359, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:9:y:1977:i:3:p:357-359
    DOI: 10.1068/a090357
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