The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project

Minority Ethnic Groups in the Dutch Housing Market: Spatial Segregation, Relocation Dynamics and Housing Policy

“…It seems therefore that few immigrants make the step in one go from a concentration neighbourhood to a location outside the city. The urban neighbourhoods with a lower percentage of ethnic groups may well serve as an intermediate step towards the suburbs, which would conform with the spatial assimilation model (see also Burgess, 1925). Table 5 shows per origin category what percentage of the urban population in this group moved house in 2002.…”

“…In the 1920s, researchers in the Chicago School were pioneers in this field (see, for example, Burgess, 1925;Park, 1925). They described the spatial patterns of different immigrant groups in the city of Chicago and were particularly interested in the dynamics in these patterns.…”

“…In a geographic sense, spatial assimilation is accompanied by a process of decentralization. Enclaves surrounding the inner city are exchanged for more mixed neighbourhoods in the suburbs and at the edge of the city (Burgess, 1925).…”

The Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer in Oslo: Cartographic Analysis of Census Tracts and Mortality Rates of Sub-Standard Housing Areas

“…The data presented in the cartographic analysis are generally in good conformity with the "concentric zone hypothesis" of Burgess (1925) according to which the most characteristic "slums" are to be found in areas surrounding business districts (Petersen, 1956). The inhabitants of these areas seem to be particularly exposed to the risk of developing gastric cancer.…”

Movilidad residencial en la Ciudad de México / Residential Mobility in Mexico City

“…Un segundo modelo intenta explicar el ajuste residencial de los habitantes de la ciudad como un proceso de "filtración" a través de un stock diferenciado de viviendas. Este modelo concibe la ciudad como una estructura monocéntrica tipo Burgess (1924). Explica la movilidad residencial en función de las condiciones de deterioro y la edad de las residencias ubicadas originalmente cerca del centro de la ciudad, que habiendo sido ocupadas tradicionalmente por un segmento de altos ingresos, son abandonadas y se abate su precio relativo, de ahí que sea factible que las ocupe otro segmento de menores ingresos.…”