Systems of Cities: Readings on Structure, Growth, and Policy

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Oxford University Press, 1978 - Cities and towns - 565 pages
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DEFINITIONS CONCEPTS
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Systems of Cities: Readings on Structure, Growth, and Policy
William Alonso
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Systems of Cities: Readings on Structure, Growth, and Policy
William Alonso
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Systems of Cities: Readings on Structure, Growth, and Policy
William Alonso
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activities American analysis areas become capital centers central place cities complex component concentration concept costs decline diffusion direct distribution economic effect employment example existing factors field Figure firms flows forces functions future Geographical given greater groups growing growth higher housing important income increase indicate individual industrial innovation integration labor land larger lead least less linkages living major means measure ment metropolitan metropolitan areas migration natural organization pattern percent period persons planning political population possible present Press problems production rates recent regional relative Research result rural scale sector settlement shows smaller social society South space spatial specialization structure suggested Table tend theory tion towns transportation United University urban system values variables York

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About the author (1978)

One of Canada's leading research geographers, Larry S. Bourne was a student of Brian Berry at the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in 1968. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, he served as director of the Center for Urban and Community Studies at the University of Toronto. In this position Bourne oversaw the publication of numerous discussion papers and books that documented the details of the urbanization process in Canada. The methods and concepts utilized were adopted in studies in other regional contexts. Bourne has researched the urbanization process on both the inter- and intraurban scales. His early work on private redevelopment of central cities was a landmark study on that topic. His work on Canada was supplemented with broader research themes, such as the geography of housing, and through the International Geographical Union's Commission on Settlement Systems, his comparative work on urban systems. He completed a work on the social geography of Canada.

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TitleSystems of Cities: Readings on Structure, Growth, and Policy
AuthorWilliam Alonso
EditorsLarry S. Bourne, James W. Simmons, Oxford University Press
Editionillustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 1978
ISBN0195022645, 9780195022643
Length565 pages
  
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