ABSTRACT

Great Britain is the most fully urbanized land in the world. Eighty per cent. of the population is classed as urban. Over a half of the total population and two-thirds of the urban population live in urban local authority areas with 50,000 or more population. One· third of Scotland's people live in Clydeside and one-fifth in the six smaller conurbations. In fact, nearly two-fifths of the total popula·· tion of Britain live in the seven major conurbations.