Table of Contents

Introduction: the study of urban geography
The process of urbanization
Urban places - central, periodic and dispersed
Hierarchies, spheres of influence and local and national systems
Some problems associated with Central Place Theory and its development
Urban functions and classification of towns
Urban land-use: general problems
Planning the city
Transport in towns
The urban location of economic activity: the central business district
The urban location of economic activity: industry and office uses
The residential area of the city
The residential areas of the city: the housing market and institutional influences
Some problems of the city: the inner city
Some problems of the city: the urban periphery and suburbia
Images of the city: living in the city and the use of city space
The socialist city
The city in the developing world
Town plan and townscape
Conclusion: urbanization and urban geography.

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Critical appraisal, clarity and comprehensiveness are some of the great virtues of this work... No student of urban geography can consider his education to have begun until he has read this book.
Geography

A comprehensive and well-regarded book.
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