The spread of urbanization in England and Wales, 1851-1951

Bibliographic Data

ID4268848
AuthorsDov Friedlander (corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume24
Issue3
Pages423
Publication date1970-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2173046
PMID22074097
OpenAlexW4251236529
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

Each county in England and Wales has been classified as rural or urban for each of the decennial census years 1851-1951. One index has been used as the basis for these classifications, the percentage of adult males occupied in agriculture. Thus, for each census year a value, in term of this index, was fixed as the criterion to determine whether a county was rural or urban in that year. This criterion of classification varies, over time. This is to allow for the reduction in the percentage of adult males occupied in agriculture as a result of structural changes in the occupational distribution (associated with general modernization), rather than through a shift away from agriculture. The geographical patterns of urbanization in England and Wales during the period 1851-1951, and some associated social and economic changes, are discussed in the paper

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Census · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Index (typography) · Modernization theory · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · Ecology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability · Scottish History and National Identity · Urbanization and City Planning

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