A contribution to delineating the boundaries of the recreational hinterland of largetowns
The hinterland of largetowns is utilised with an extraordinary intensity for the short-term recreation. Four special bands can be differentiated: downtown band, suburban band, narrower rural recreational band, wider rural recreation band. (MS).
Regional order in the enterprise structures of selected Eastern Cape Karoo towns
Eastern Cape ; Economic development ; Firm ; South Africa ; Town ; Urban development
exhibit a hidden order of proportionality. Older towns retained advantages in enterprise development. Enterprise diversities could be predicted accurately for large and small towns. An assessment was made of the strengths and weaknesses in enterprise
The urban enterprises of twelve towns in the Eastern Cape Karoo were identified, enumerated and classified into different business sectors. Statistical analyses were used to examine six hypotheses regarding the question as to whether small towns
development of individual towns in the region. - (AJC)
Migrants and migrant-labour absorption in large and small centres in Swaziland. A comparative study of the towns Manzini and Nhlangano.
This is a study of regional inequality. Its objective is to contribute towards a further understanding of the relationships between urbanization, migration and regional development in general and of the role played therein by small towns
Zmensovanie rozdielov medzi mestom a vidiekom v sucasnej urbanizacii. (Diminishing differences between town and country in present-day urbanization)
show a successive decline of attractivity of largetowns and country population show a successive decline of attractivity of largetowns and some features of active migration balance of rural settlements. (MS).
The urbanization process seems to be an effective distribution of activities in settlements of both types. Commuting is an important connecting link between two types of settlements. However, new trends of migration of town and country population
infrastructure in the social reproduction process of the largetowns with selected urban agglomeration and concentration core serving and examples)
correlations of the settlement structure involved. In the largetowns, the extent and size of the capacities involved and the spatial organization of the infrastructure are largely dependent on the local agglomeration of population, industry and other
facilities. Altogether the largetowns are extensively provided with specialized and complex facilities of the social infrastructure. They will be modernized and extended within the framework of the complex housing programme up to 1990.
China ; City size ; Economic efficiency ; Town ; Urban policy ; Urban population ; Urbanization
The current policy of controlling city size to deter the development of large cities, seems to be either irrelevant or misleading. Instead, against a current background of rapid urbanisation, China should take full advantage of its large cities
and pursue a large-city-led policy for its development.
The development process and some features of large-scale housing estates in the Morioka urban area
Honshu ; Housing ; Housing estate ; Japan ; Real estate development ; Real estate market ; Residential neighbourhood ; Town ; Urban development
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, 20 hectares and over each, in the Morioka urban area, and to compare some features with other urban and metropolitan areas. - (KA)
The development process of large-scale residential areas in the Kagoshima metropolitan area
Housing estate ; Japan ; Kyushu ; Residential area ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban infrastructure
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, over 20 hectares each, in the Kagoshima metropolitan area, and to evaluate the role of public-developers in the process. - (KA)
Business district ; Hungary ; Impact ; Largetown ; Medium-sized town ; Town ; Urban structure
functional pattern of the Hungarian large- and medium-sized towns is getting more and more similar to those of Western Europe. Within Hungarian cities non-residential functions are expanding, due to the rise of CBD, the development of suburban shopping
The internal structure of Hungarian towns has gone through gradual changes after 1989-90. These changes were generated by the re-establishment of market economy and tendencies of desurbanisation. As a consequence of these changes the internal
Housing and the Scottish new towns: a case study of policy termination and quasi-markets
Housing ; New town ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; Urban construction ; Urban development ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
The origins and development of the new towns are outlined, and the parts played by the main actors in the wind-up are considered. The transfer of a large proportion of the rented housing to local authorities was not government policy
Amazon Basin ; Economic activity ; Ecuador ; Employment ; Growth pole ; Informal sector ; Public service ; Town
Examination of economic activities and employment in four boom towns of the Ecuador Amazon or Oriente : Puyo, Nueva Loja, Tena and Coca. Data were obtained from the 1990 national population census and from field observations of urban establishments
in 1993. Results of the establishment survey are compared to those of similar studies in the Brazilian Amazon. Abundant self-employment in an informal sector and a large portion of the labor force in the public service sector is found. - (SLD)
Presidential address delivered to the Association's 61st annual meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, October 16, 1998. A. delves into the origins, contruction, and meaning of the Mexican curio landscapes in Mexican border towns, especially of Ciudad Juárez
, Tijuana, and Nogales. It began with the need to entice the American tourist back to Mexico after the repeal of prohibition in the USA. The construction, both material and imaginative, was largely fostered by the Mexican government. - (SLD)
Vyuziti ploch v zazermi velkych mest Cech. Hodnoceni podobnosti struktury ploch metodou wroclavského dendritu. (Evaluating similarities in area structure in vicinity of large Bohemian towns. Verification of Wroclaw dendrite method application)
The authors research into the state and long term change of structure of area utilization. One of the territories investigated was the vicinity of largetowns in Bohemia: Liberec, Usti n.L., Pardubice, Hradec Kralové, Ceské Budejovice. For those
Internationalization ; Largetown ; Research ; Spatial structure ; Town ; Urban network ; Urban system ; Urbanization
The AA. review some of the scholarship that emphasises large cities' roles as important modes of production, consumption, exchange and control at the global level. Linkages among these cities are likely to reveal the spatial organisation