Patterns of internal residential movement of population in Wichita, Kansas, 1920-1950
Abstract
Our society is an urban society. As a nation, we have
made the transition from rural to urban in less than fifty
years. Perhaps no other trend has had such a profound effect
on our way of life as the trend toward increasing urbanization.
The modern city is a product of a complexity of geographic,
economic, cultural, and social factors. A superficial
look at the city reveals only a structure of streets,
blocks, business places, and residential buildings. The
individual seems lost in the maze. But upon closer observation
the city is found to exhibit definite patterns. It
is toward a better understanding of one of these, the patterns
of intra-city population mobility, that this study of
Wichita, Kansas is directed.
Table of Contents
Theories of urban ecology and mobility -- Hypotheses and methodology -- The centrifugal tendency -- Length of residence and distance from the center of the city -- Rate of movement and length of residence -- Rate of movement and rate of growth -- Distance of movement and rate of growth -- Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography
Description
Thesis (M.A.)-- University of Wichita, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Sociology