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1 online resource (191 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization ; v. 5 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of plates -- List of tables -- Introduction -- Scope, purposes, objectives -- Big leaps of urbanization in the Soviet period -- Older roots for specificity of urbanization in Russia -- 1 Hierarchy of cities: how it changes and why -- The concept of hierarchy -- Why knowledge of urban hierarchy is important -- Models and real-life experiences |
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The task of updating our knowledge of the Soviet urban hierarchyIntentions to change the Soviet urban hierarchy -- Specificity of Soviet urban hierarchies -- Comparative dimension: East Europe in parallel -- Theoretical dimension: influences superior to planning -- Input data: variables suggested by the Rank-Size Rule -- Additional data: territory characteristics -- The Rank-Size Rule as a hierarchy model -- Comparative profiles of urban hierarchies -- How territory characteristics influence urban hierarchy -- Why urban hierarchy is hard for planning |
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Presence of random walk in planningAppendix 1.1 -- Appendix 1.2 -- 2 Soviet cities and their functional typology -- Urban typology and its applied meaning -- Sampled cities and their starting point profile -- Specialization of cities and how it affects transport -- The design of urban typology -- Probabilistic reasoning on distances in inter-urban connections -- The method used to determine the profile of cities -- The method of determining types of cities -- Uncovered types of cities -- Networks of specialized cities |
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How legacy of industrialization determines growth of citiesThe impact of industrial cities on railway flows -- Appendix 2.1. List of cities as grouped in the (x, y) space in Figure 2.2 -- 3 The interaction between industrial and social content of cities -- Ideas leading to a study design -- Input data -- Method of correlating one data set with another -- Two mechanisms influencing dynamics of the cities -- Another perspective on the problem -- Territorial structures which affect cities -- Influences of clustering on urban dynamics |
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Influences from the other three territorial structuresConclusions -- Appendix 3.1. Types of urban dynamics in the Soviet Union -- 4 What kind of solutions are in stock? -- Three macro-theories -- Supporting statistical analysis -- Results -- Discussion of the results -- Conclusion -- Personal epilogue -- References |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Urbanization -- Soviet Union
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Cities and towns -- Soviet Union -- Growth
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City planning -- Soviet Union
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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City planning
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Urbanization
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Soviet Union
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351214001 |
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1351214004 |
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