The Functions of Metropolitan Suburbs

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jan 1956 English Publisher:University of Chicago PressJournal:American Journal of Sociology, volume 61, pages 453-458 (issn: 0002-9602, eissn: 1537-5390,

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Authors: Leo F. Schnore;

doi: 10.1086/221804 , 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1956.tb01573.x

The Functions of Metropolitan Suburbs

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A study of selected characteristics of the larger suburbs located within the metropolitan areas of the United States in 1950 reveals a number of differences between industrial and residential suburbs. The characterictics reviewed include (1) regional location, (2) size of population of the central city, (3) size of population of the suburb itself, (4) age of the suburb, (5) position of the suburb within the metropolitan area, (6) distance between the suburb and the central city, and (7) level of rents in the suburb.

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