CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 Urban Geography Today = 1
Information Age = 1
Urban Problems = 1
Why Urban Geography? = 2
What Is the City? = 3
Evolution of Urban Geography = 6
Themes in Urban Geography = 12
Summary and Conclusion = 14
CHAPTER 2 The Origin and Growth of Cities = 16
Earliest Cities = 16
European Roots of North American Cities = 23
Contemporary World Urbanization = 32
Summary and Conclusion = 37
CHAPTER 3 The Third World City = 39
Third World Urban Growth = 39
Economic Development = 41
Roots of Urbanization = 46
Housing and Squatter Settlements = 53
Summary and Conclusion = 57
CHAPTER 4 The North American City = 59
Location Patterns = 59
Rank-Size Rule = 61
Evolution of the Urban Pattern in the United States, 1790 to 1990 = 63
National Redistribution Cycles = 72
Canadian Urbanization = 74
Summary and Conclusion = 76
CHAPTER 5 Metropolitan Dominance and Movement = 79
Metropolitan Dominance = 79
Conceptualizing Movement = 83
Social Physics = 85
Hierarchy of Cities = 92
Summary and Conclusion = 96
CHAPTER 6 The Urban Physical Environment = 97
Historical Evolution of Environmental Concerns = 97
Location and Limits to Urban Growth = 98
The Urban Ecosystem = 99
The Urban Land Surface = 100
Atmospheric Change = 107
Water Demand and Supply = 112
A Solution to Pollution? = 116
Summary and Conclusion = 117
CHAPTER 7 City Development: Theory and Practice = 119
Economic Base Theory = 119
Growth Pole Theory = 123
Manufacturing and Urban Growth = 125
High Technology = 132
Summary and Conclusion = 134
CHAPTER 8 Central Place Theory = 137
Cities as Service Centers = 137
Central Place Market Area Geometry = 140
Another Central Place Theory: L$$\ddot{o}$$sch = 145
Christaller and L$$\ddot{o}$$sch Compared = 146
Modifications of the Theory = 146
The Entrepreneurial Behavior Postulate: A Neglected Aspect = 150
Archaeological Applications = 155
Summary and Conclusion = 155
CHAPTER 9 Transportation Processes = 157
Transportation as a Service = 157
Transportation as Land Shaper = 158
Freeways and Suburban Development = 170
Highways Planning = 175
Forecasting Land Use and Travel = 181
Transportation Investment Priorities = 185
Substituting Communication for Transportation = 198
Summary and Conclusion = 198
CHAPTER 10 Perception and Quality of Life Issues = 200
Elements of Americans Perceptions = 200
Two Approaches to Perception Research = 201
Image-ability of the City = 205
The Social Perception of the City = 213
Quality of Life = 215
Summary and Conclusion = 217
CHAPTER 11 Land Use Dynamics = 219
Land Values and Land Uses = 219
Traditional Land Use Theory = 225
Criticism of Traditional Land Use Theory = 228
Land Value Surface = 228
Population Density = 229
Descriptive Models of Urban Structure = 231
Toward a Typology of Urban Land Use = 236
An Exploitive Model of Urban Structure = 237
Third World Structure = 238
Summary and Conclusion = 240
CHAPTER 12 Housing and Neighborhoods = 242
Population and Housing Dynamics = 242
The Neighborhood = 247
Housing Market = 260
Residential Decline = 261
Gentrification = 267
Rent Control = 271
Federal Involvement in Housing = 273
Summary and Conclusion = 276
CHAPTER 13 Ethnicity in the City = 278
Immigration Waves = 279
Asian Immigration = 282
Hispanic Immigrants = 284
Black Urbanization and Migration = 287
Emergence of Black Ghetto Space = 289
Residential Mobility and Socioeconomic Change = 297
Poverty and the Under-class = 297
Black Residential Suburbanization = 299
Summary and Conclusion = 303
CHAPTER 14 Intra-urban Migration and Household Change = 305
Behavioral Processes = 306
Spatial Structure of Moves = 311
Selecting a Location = 315
Summary and Conclusion = 321
CHAPTER 15 Central Business District Dynamics = 322
Historical Evolution = 322
Population and Work Force Trends = 329
Breakaways = 330
Delimiting the CBD = 333
Retail Change = 338
Office Function = 342
Hotel Market = 346
Convention and Business Market = 348
Zoning = 350
Downtown Redevelopment = 352
Historic Preservation = 354
The Pros and Cons of a Strong Downtown = 356
Summary and Conclusion = 359
CHAPTER 16 Metropolitan Retail Structure = 361
Historical Roots = 361
Metropolitan Retail Landscape = 364
Shopping Center Evolution = 369
Shopping Center Hierarchies = 375
Trade Area Analysis = 387
Changing Consumer Demand and Spatial Preferences = 390
Summary and Conclusion = 393
CHAPTER 17 The Office Function = 395
Changing Location Policy = 395
Metropolitan Office Growth = 400
Growth of Service Sector = 401
Corporate Decentralization = 403
Market Segmentation = 405
Suburban Office Shares = 407
Office Parks = 408
Urban Cores = 411
Theoretical Considerations = 414
Summary and Conclusion = 420
CHAPTER 18 Intra-metropolitan Industrial and Wholesale Space = 422
Locational Sifting = 422
Historical Evolution of Industrial Patterns = 423
Aging Industrial Core = 426
Industrial Park Alternatives = 429
Location Trends = 436
Wholesaling and Warehousing Operations = 440
Summary and Conclusion = 443
CHAPTER 19 Planning, Regulation and the Future = 445
Urban Planning = 445
Urban Design = 446
The Role of Government = 456
Political Fragmentation = 457
The Planning Process = 461
Land Use Regulation = 465
Growth Management = 468
Summary and Conclusion = 469
AUTHOR INDEX = 473
SUBJECT INDEX = 477
