Date of Award
8-1970
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Geography
First Advisor
Dr. Oscar H. Horst
Second Advisor
Dr. Eugene C. Kirchherr
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Introduction
The paucity of comparative urban research is of course not due to indifference or lack of foresight on the part of social scientists, but to the absence of comparable or standardized information from one country to another and to the technical problems presented by this deficiency. The units of observation themselves, that is "cities" and "towns," have not been standardized, nor have we had information on a representative sample of these for the world as a whole. Furthermore, the structure of urban communities has changed with increasing urbanization, a change that has gone further in some countries than in others. This dynamic element has meant that definitions or urban places adequate for one region or time have not been suitable for another region or time.
Recommended Citation
Mesa, Jose Luis, "The Metropolitan Area Concept and Its Development in Lima, Peru" (1970). Masters Theses. 3904.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3904