Urban Growth : An Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415417785 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 268 str.

Brian Robson

Opis

Do large cities grow more or less rapidly than small ones? This book looks at the process of population growth in a national set of cities. It studies the growth of cities in England and Wales between 1801 and 1911; and views the way in which 3 innovations - the telephone, building societies and gaslighting - spread amongst towns in 19th century.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction 1. Defining the city 2. City systems and size distributions Part 2: Analysis 3. The growth of cities in England and Wales in the nineteenth century 4. Spatial patterns of urban growth Part 3: Approaches To Urbanism 5. Technical innovations and the scatter of urban growth 6. Simulating urban growth 7. Growth rates and city size: urban growth and innovations

O autorze

Brian T. Robson