Urban Evolution: Studies in the Mathematical Ecology of Cities
本书将城市间和城市内部的演化理论发展为数学生态学和种群动力学的一个分支，运用突变论、分岔理论和非线性微分方程等新方法，分析大都市区人口与收入水平、贫民窟形成、绅士化和郊区化等城市现象。
This book develops a theory of inter- and intra-urban evolution as a branch of mathematical ecology and population dynamics. In recent years profound changes have been taking place in the methodology of dynamical analysis. These new ideas are encompassed by catastrophe and bifurcation theory, and nonlinear differential equations. The authors of this book show how one can attain an understanding of urban evolution by using these new methods. The topics which are covered include: the relative population and income levels of metropolitan areas, slum formation, gentrification, and suburbanization. Senior students at first-degree level and above taking courses in urban geography, planning, economics, demography, sociology, urban affairs, and public administration.