ABSTRACT
Introduction ONE interesting section of Urban Geography is concerned with the relation of cities and towns to each other. What determines the distance between adjacent towns? What part does the city play in the administration of a large region or smaller district? How large is the district which can be satisfactorily controlled from a large town? What 'tentacles' in the way of aqueducts, power-lines, and the like does a city send out into the surrounding countryside? What area should be set apart for large recreation reserves to serve a metropolis? An attempt will be made to give actual examples, which will help the reader to answer these questions. Inevitably the sections in this present chapter must be somewhat disconnected, since so diverse problems are indicated in the preceding lines.
