Yesterday as tomorrow's song: the contribution of the 1960s "Chicago School" to urban geography

Article Abstract:

The article examines significant theoretical developments in geography during the 1960s, which fostered the emergence of urban geology as a distinct discipline within the field. These theories, categorized under the Chicago school of sociology, include the concept of the geographical matrix, the precedence of process over space, the link between housing space and social space in a race-determined society, and the spatial topology of commercial structure.

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Pacific views of urban geography in the 1960s

Article Abstract:

The article compares and contrasts theoretical developments in urban geography at the University of Washington and the University of Chicago during the 1960s. These focused on population shifts which transformed core and peripheral regions of cities.

Population transfers, University of Chicago, University of Washington

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The quantitative revolution in urban geography

Article Abstract:

The author examines the introduction of quantification and statistical cartography in urban geography during the 1960s, and posits that these advances have yet to be fully pursued and utilized.

Cartography

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