1. INTRODUCTION The study of urban population densities is an old and continuing
preoccupation of urban economists. The reason is easily seen; the population density …

Asian mega cities have experienced rapid population growth and continue to grow.
Urbanization in those areas is proceeding differently from the patterns of city growth …

It is important for planners to understand urban population distributions. In this article, the
historical roots and present status of monocentric urban density analysis are reviewed …

Using the basic summary of urban structure given by the population density function, this
paper estimates changes which have occurred in the structure of the Detroit metropolitan …

Aggregate land value is useful for a variety of research purposes including measuring the
social surplus generated by cities and evaluating urban development policies. Nevertheless …

This article examines the locational patterns of population and employment and the resultant
changes in urban form in the Halifax–Dartmouth region between 1970 and 1996. The article …

Heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation typically are assumed to be absent in econometric
models. Linear regression models are forgiving if these assumptions fail: ordinary least …

Mathematical land-use theorists during the last two decades have woven a description of the
urban landscape wonderful in its potential and rich in rigor and depth of thought. Balancing …

" In this paper we [propose] a new procedure for estimating population density functions
under conditions that the exact location of the CBD [central business district] is unknown or …

This paper examines the changing urban form of the Halifax-Dartmouth region between
1970 and 1996. While many empirical studies employ the negative exponential density …