The growth of the city: An introduction to a research project

Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 71-78

  Burgess, Ernest W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

city metabolism; expansion; mobility; social organization; succession; Urban growth

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EID: 77958033429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

References (12)

1. "British Conurbations in 1921," Sociological Review, XIV (April, 1922), 111-12
2. See E. H. Shideler, The Retail Business Organization as an Index of Community Organization (in preparation
3. For a study of this cultural area of city life see Nels Anderson, The Hobo, Chicago, 1923
4. Weber, The Growth of Cities, p. 442
5. Weber, The Growth of Cities, p. 442. 5 Adapted from W. B. Monro, Municipal Government and Administration, II, 377
6. Report of the Chicago Subway and Traction Commission, p. 81, and the Report on a Physical Plan for a Unified Transportation System, p. 391
7. Data compiled by automobile industries
8. Statistics of mailing division, Chicago Post-office
9. Determined from Census Estimates for Intercensual Years
10. From statistics furnished by Mr. R. Johnson, traffic supervisor, Illinois Bell Telephone Company
11. From 1912-23, land values per front foot increased in Bridgeport from $600 to $1,250; in Division-Ashland- Milwaukee district from $2,000 to $4,500; in Back of the Yards from $1,000 to $3,000; in Englewood from $2,500 to $8,000; in Wilson Avenue from $1,000 to $6,000; but decreased in the Loop from $20,000 to $16,500
12. Anderson, Nels, The Slum: An Area of Deterioration in the Growth of the City; Mowrer, Ernest R., Family Disorganization in Chicago; Reckless, Walter C., The Natural History of Vice Areas in Chicago; Shideler, E. H., The Retail Business Organization as an Index of Business Organization; Thrasher, F. M., One Thousand Boys' Gangs in Chicago; a Study of Their Organization and Habitat; Zorbaugh, H.W., The Lower North Side; a Study in Community Organization.