CONTENTS
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Diagram Illustrative of the Concentration of Population—Frontispiece | |||
Preface | vii | ||
Abbreviations | viii |
CHAPTER I
Introduction
Comparison of the distribution of population in the United States in 1790 and in Australia in 1891 | 1 | ||
Methods of studying the distribution of population | 2 | ||
Density of population | 4 | ||
Agglomeration, or community life : | |||
In antiquity | 5 | ||
In the middle ages | 6 | ||
In modern times | 7 | ||
Statistical measurements of agglomeration : | |||
French, Italian and English methods | 9 | ||
Supan's method | 10 | ||
Legal definitions of urban centre | 12 | ||
Definitions of official statisticians | 14 | ||
Final classification of dwelling-places | 16 | ||
Comparability of urban statistics : | |||
Limitations arising from territorial extent | 17 | ||
Limitations arising from annexation of new territory | 18 |
CHAPTER II
The History and Statistics of Urban Growth.
I. | The United States | 20 |
II. | The United Kingdom of Great Britain ana Ireland : | |
1. England and Wales | 40 | |
2. Scotland | 57 | |
3. Ireland | 64 |
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