Urban research methods : central place , hierarchical and city size models

This is the third set of volumes in the well known series entitled Concept's International Series in Geography. This multi volume set has a wide coverage under the title Perspectives in Urban Geography. The earlier two sets in the series were: Perspec tives in Agricultural Geography and Perspec tives in Geomorphology.

Traditional studies on aspects of Urban Geography had been concentrating on obser vational records of developments of towns and cities till the subject came to acquire a behavioural approach recently. What resulted was a new matrix of philosophies, methodolo gies and their ingenious applications to what had The make on been researched through the years. present set of volumes a rigorous survey Urban as it were. Geography after of the ventures to literature Its reorientation

In this volume on Urban Research Me thods those papers are included which postu late the principle of Christaller and Losch Models on the urban growth and their syste matic arrangements. The a glimpse of rank, size rule and the hierarchi volume provides cal system of settlement in different cross cultural regions. A numerous papers place, rank-size glance at in this volume the on list of central relationship, effect of city size, hierarchical structures of central palaces would show both the current extreme concern with the system of cities and the empirical foundation of the models propounded. Renow ned experts from various field of geography, planning have countries i the economics and urban contributed to the volume.