The Timing of Metropolitan Decentralization: A Contribution to the Debate
- 1 November 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the American Institute of Planners
- Vol. 25 (4) , 200-206
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01944365908978334
Abstract
Some writers contend that metropolitan decentralization is a new phenomenon; others insist that it is a pattern of long standing. Although fraught with problems of measurement, a historical-statistical investigation throws some new light on the question. The results offer some solace to both camps; although decentralization appeared a century ago, it did not become a widespread pattern until after World War II. What is needed now is a return to the theoretical insights of earlier writers and research geared to the study of the metropolitan community as the spatial expression of a complex social system.Keywords
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