title: Urbanisation, central planning and Tolley's model of urban growth:  a critical review.
abstract: The authors assess a model of urban growth developed by G. S. Tolley, with a focus on "the model's potential contribution towards an improved comprehension of urbanisation in socialist polities.  Although previous studies indicate that Tolley's model would seem to fit developments in China and that of other Soviet-type economies in a rather congenial manner, it is here suggested that it is not fully appropriate."
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ronnas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sjoberg
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011056:Political Systems; D011153:Population; D012106:Research; D012950:Socialism; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Critique; Evaluation; Geographic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Political Systems; Population; Research Methodology; Socialism; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; World