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The dimensionality of the urban functional system

Auteur :
WANNER R. A.,

Description :
This paper suggests that the formulation and testing of hypotheses relating the functional role of cities in a society to other urban structures and process variables might be facilitated by substituting a continuous variable approach to the functional system for the prevailing discrete typologies. Using variables indexing the scope of economic activites in U.S. communities at two points in time, we elaborate a technique for identifying the dimensions underlying an existing typology, and the 56 largest SMSA's are ranked along these dimensions.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Demography, 1977, vol. 14, n°. 4, PP. 519-537p.

Date :
1977

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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