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Selected Works of Winifred S Curran
Contribution to Book
The Chicago School
International Encyclopedia of Geography (2017)
  • Winifred S Curran
  • EUAN HAGUE
Abstract
The Chicago School of urban sociology sought to explain the city's growth and organization through the lens of human ecology. A number of ecological processes were central to the Chicago School's conception of the city: centralization, concentration within natural areas within the city, competition for position, segregation over natural areas, invasion, and succession, all operating within a city that was assumed to be a unified whole. Although much criticized, it was influential for well over 50 years.
Keywords
  • assimilation,
  • ethnicity and race,
  • mobility,
  • research methods,
  • urban geography
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Editor
Douglas Richardson
Publisher
Association of American Geographers
ISBN
9781118786352
DOI
10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0492
Citation Information
Winifred S Curran and EUAN HAGUE. "The Chicago School" Washington, D.C.International Encyclopedia of Geography (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/winifred_curran/1/