INTERPRETING THE CITY AN URBAN GEOGRAPHY
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A comprehensive, thoroughly researched introduction that blends social-behavioral and historical-evolutionary approaches with a more traditional economic-principles orientation, providing a balanced and current treatment of city systems and the internal structure of the city. Includes growth and functions of systems, physical environment and perception of the city, change, urban growth policy, and the future. Follows a logical and comprehensive sequence of topics, with emphasis on North American cities. Heavily referenced; includes 100 detailed maps, 150 graphs and charts, and 30 photographs. Appendices discuss census definitions, quantitative and statistical techniques, and manufacturing classifications.
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The Geographer and the City.
The Origin and Growth of Cities.
Cities and Economic Development.
Classification Schemes.
Spheres of Influence.
Interaction Dynamics.
Central Place Theory.
Manufacturing Locations.
The Urban Physical Environment.
Perception of the City.
Land Use Systems.
Housing and Neighborhood Space.
Minorities in the City: The Black Experience.
Intraurban Migration.
Central Business District Dynamics.
Metropolitan Retail Structure.
Offices, Hotels: Urban-Suburban Locational Strategies.
Intrametropolitan Industrial and Wholesale Space.
Transporation Impacts.
Urban Problems and the Future.
Appendixes.
Author and Subject Indexes.
