Journal article
Scale as an explanatory concept: evaluating Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit
Abstract
The concept of ‘scale’ and usage of this term have raised much debate within human geography over the past 25 years. At the same time, these very debates have developed the concept dramatically by offering new considerations of its use. Building on notions that scale is experienced and that scalar concepts offer a vocabulary to articulate complex phenomena, this analysis aims to explore the relevance of scale as an explanatory concept used by …
Authors
Giesbrecht M; Crooks VA; Williams A
Journal
Area, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 457–467
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2010
DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00941.x
ISSN
0004-0894