The Distribution of British Cities, and the Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4486679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Jefferson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1917 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 387 |
| Publication date | 1917-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/207833 |
| OpenAlex | W2313202925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The keynote of the diagram of the cities of the United Kingdom on the next two pages (Fig. 1) is that they occur in swarms. Four outer swarms at London, South Wales, the Clyde, and Newcastle surround a central group of swarms in the Midlands. Each of these swarms, except the London one, is on a coalfield. Of the 415 British cities outside of the London Basin, 307, or 74 per cent of them all, are so situated. This is unique. England's supply of coal is unique, too. Figure 2 shows the coalfields as well as the 40 cities of more than 100,000 people.1 The double-page map includes smaller ones down to 10,000. England's supply of coal is unique because she has so much in so small a space. The following table contains data to emphasize this point
Ancient history · Distribution (mathematics · Economic geography · Economic history · Empire · Geography · History · Urbanization and City Planning
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1949 - 1999 (51) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |