title: Evaluating the aggregate spatial structure of Canadian metropolitan areas.
abstract: "Few attempts have been made to develop and test a conceptual framework for the comparative analysis of urban spatial structure and growth. This paper offers one aggregate approach as well as a series of empirical tests based on Canada's 27 largest urban areas.  Six composite indices are introduced: population densities, rates of change, intraurban population redistribution, mobility rates, incidence of low-income populations, and degree of social polarization.  Regression analyses reveal that differences among urban areas in spatial patterning and structural change are consistent with the hypothesized effects of city size, age, transport usage, social heterogeneity, production base, and physical setting.  Yet immense regional and intraurban diversity remains.  No single model of urban structure is sufficient to capture this diversity." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014186:Transportation; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Canada; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Heterogeneity; Low Income Population; Migration; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Population Size; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Residential Mobility; Social Behavior; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Transportation; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution