Population Growth and Urban Systems Development: A Case Study

G.A. van der Knaap

ISBN 10: 0898380243 / ISBN 13: 9780898380248

Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1980

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Riassunto:

This process will be examined below at three levels of aggregation: (I) the popu­ lation distribution as one frequency distribution, (2) the population distribution dis aggregated into a n~ber of size classes, and (3) the individual cities which make up the population distribution.

Contenuti: 1. Introduction and Framework of Analysis.- 1.1 Scope and method.- 1.2 Two conceptual models of economic development.- 1.3 A functional view on the evolution of central place models.- 1.4 Conclusions and research strategy.- Open or closed systems.- The structure of an urban system.- Systems behaviour over time.- Research strategy.- 2. Urban Population Distributions, Growth and Change, 1840–1970.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The measurement and classification of an urban centre.- 2.3 An operational definition.- 2.4 Size distributions and stability.- 2.5 Aggregate growth patterns.- 2.6 Individual growth paths.- 2.7 Conclusions.- 3. The Development of Transport Networks and Urban Growth, 1840–1970.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Investments in transport networks.- 3.3 Innovations and periods.- 3.4 Spatial characteristics of network development.- Railways.- Waterways.- Roads.- 3.5 Network development and urban growth.- Measuring accessibility on a network.- Accessibility and urban size.- A cross-temporal analysis of transport networks.- 3.6 Conclusions.- 4. A Cross-Temporal Analysis of the Urban System.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Changes in population distribution.- 4.3 Functional classification.- 4.4 Temporal variations and stability.- 4.5 Structural analysis.- 4.6 Urban profiles and grouping analysis.- Grouping of cities.- Temporal stability in group membership.- 4.7 Conclusions.- 5. The Diffusion of T.V. Ownership In the Urban System, 1957–1967.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Diffusion as a temporal process.- 5.3 Diffusion as a spatial process.- Hierarchical diffusion.- Innovation waves.- 5.4 The growth of T.V. ownership, 1957–1967.- 5.5 Regional variations in socio-economic characteristics and acceptance patterns.- The hypotheses.- The data and models.- Test of the hypotheses.- 5.6 Conclusions.- 6. General Conclusions.- References.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.

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Titolo: Population Growth and Urban Systems ...
Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Data di pubblicazione: 1980
Legatura: Hardback
Condizione: New