A Theory of Time-Minimization: The Relationship between Urban Area and Population

From the theory of time-minimization, developed in earlier work to account for size-density relationships observed in territorial subdivision, hypotheses are derived concerning the relationship of area to population for cities and urbanized areas. The hypotheses are tested with data from the 1950, 1...

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Published in:Pacific Sociological Review 1977-01, Vol.20 (1), p.105-112, Article 105
Main Authors: Stephan, G. Edward, Tedrow, Lucky M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Censuses
Cities
CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES
Demography
HEAVILY EMPHASIZES METHODOLOGY OR TECHNIQUE OF STUDY
Legal entities
Mathematical expressions
Population density
Population size
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
SOCIOLOGY
Territories
Urban areas
Urban populations
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Summary:From the theory of time-minimization, developed in earlier work to account for size-density relationships observed in territorial subdivision, hypotheses are derived concerning the relationship of area to population for cities and urbanized areas. The hypotheses are tested with data from the 1950, 1960, and 1970 censuses.
ISSN:0030-8919
0731-1214
1533-8673
2330-0736
DOI:10.2307/1388907