Urban Delimitation on a Density Basis: Brisbane, 1861–1966

Marsden, Brian S.

doi:10.1111/j.1745-7939.1970.tb00628.x

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“…In part, this may be a product of the irregular shape of Brisbane (Marsden [24] has some maps of this), but the main suggestion is of desirability surfaces which are in no way constrained by distance and direction but only by perceived social standing. In part, this may be a product of the irregular shape of Brisbane (Marsden [24] has some maps of this), but the main suggestion is of desirability surfaces which are in no way constrained by distance and direction but only by perceived social standing.…”

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Activity Spaces and Residential Preferences: Some Tests of the Hypothesis of Sectoral Mental Maps

Johnston¹

1972

Economic Geography

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