The size-density hypothesis in Great Britain

Analysis of a deviant case

Bibliographic Data

ID10969583
AuthorsD S Massey (0000-0002-0109-522X, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, corresponding author), G Edward Stephan (Department of Sociology, Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Washington 98225)
Year1977
Volume14
Issue3
Pages351-361
Publication date1977-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2060791
PMID330271
OpenAlexW1986940602
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

Recent studies have found size of territorial units to vary inversely with population density, the only exception to this regularity being Great Britain, where size and density were found to be unrelated. The present research accounts for this anomaly by demonstrating Britain’s historical conformity to the size-density relation. The size-density hypothesis is further supported by direct test, made possible by a recent reorganization of British counties. Results show that reorganization has restored the expected inverse relation between size and density and has restructured the size and density of counties in a manner precisely specified by underlying theory

Geography · Sociology · Demography · Economic Theory and Institutions

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