ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1935, this book examines the causes of global rural depopulation, slum housing conditions and city over-crowding. The falling birth-rate in the West, town planning, ribbon development, emigration and traffic problems are also discussed with particular focus on how they affect the growth and distribution of populations. Social, psychological and economic factors are all considered, as well as those dependent on physical geography.

chapter Chapter I|4 pages

Introduction

The Growth and Distribution of Population

chapter Chapter III|29 pages

Bread to Eat and Space to Live in

chapter Chapter IV|12 pages

Developments in Agriculture

chapter Chapter V|25 pages

Regimes of Property in Asia

chapter Chapter VI|29 pages

Law and Custom in Africa: The Magic Instrument

chapter Chapter VII|7 pages

The First Duty of Government

chapter Chapter VIII|14 pages

The Size of Agricultural Holdings

chapter Chapter IX|18 pages

What Governments Do

chapter Chapter X|18 pages

The Growth of Cities

chapter Chapter XI|16 pages

Water Supplies: Sanitation: Feeding the Earth

chapter Chapter XII|5 pages

Health in Town and Country

chapter Chapter XIII|20 pages

Rural Depopulation

chapter Chapter XV|28 pages

Love: Procreation: Contraception

chapter Chapter XVI|23 pages

The Garden City Idea

chapter Chapter XVII|30 pages

Town and Country Planning

chapter Chapter XVIII|20 pages

Ground Values and Property Appraisals

In Chicago, New York, Pittsburg, and Houston: Boundary Difficulties Near Manchester

chapter Chapter XIX|14 pages

Traffic Troubles

chapter Chapter XX|10 pages

Housing

chapter Chapter XXI|15 pages

A Gracious Disposition

chapter Chapter XXII|28 pages

Emigration

chapter Chapter XXIII|22 pages

Co-Operation for the Commonweal