The Core of the City : A Pilot Study of Changing Land Uses in Central Business Districts / John Rannells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rannells, John, author.

Series:

Institute for Urban Land Use and Housing Studies Columbia University

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1956]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Based on the premise that activities make a city what it is, the study of urban resources is examined. Observes how the physical structures are enlarged, modified or neglected in response to levels of activity in different parts of the city.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Figures

Tables

I. Cities Viewed as Concentrations of Activities

II. Systems and Patterns of Urban Activity

III. Establishments and Their Linkages

IV. The Physical Setting

V. Land Use in Central Business Districts

VI. Growth and Structure of Central Philadelphia

VII. Measures of Land-Use Patterns

VIII. Locations of Business Groups

IX. Multiple Comparisons

Χ. Schematic Relationships

XI. Constellations of Activities

XII. Planned Arrangement of Urban Land Uses

Appendixes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89281-0

OCLC:

1100432253