ABSTRACT

This is Volume XII of thirteen in a collection on Urban and Regional Sociology. Originally published in 1951, this study gives a geographical interpretation of the Western European city and looks at the towns of central Sweden, towns in France, Switzerland, German and French cities, as well as capital cities Brussels, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, and Paris. A further section includes historic cities, medieval, renaissance and baroque to the growth of the modern urban area.

part 1|250 pages

Part One

chapter 1|12 pages

The Scope and Method of Urban Geography

chapter 2|16 pages

The Towns of Central Sweden

chapter 3|20 pages

The Small Historic Town in France

chapter 4|14 pages

The Towns of Switzerland

chapter 5|16 pages

Basel : A Study in Urban Geography

chapter 6|30 pages

The Structure of the German City

chapter 7|33 pages

The Structure of the French City

chapter 8|19 pages

Brussels

chapter 10|22 pages

Vienna and Prague

chapter 11|17 pages

Budapest and Warsaw

chapter 12|13 pages

Paris

chapter 13|15 pages

Berlin

part 2|303 pages

chapter 15|22 pages

The Growth of the Historic City

chapter 16|32 pages

The Medieval Town (C. A.D. 1000 –1500)

chapter 17|84 pages

Types of Historic Town in Western Europe

chapter 19|15 pages

The Growth of Modern Urbanism

chapter 20|11 pages

The Modern Urban Plan

chapter 20|38 pages

The Modern Urban Area

chapter 22|35 pages

Urban Zones and Urban Limits

chapter 23|9 pages

Conclusion