Hoyt 1939: um clássico da geografia urbana

HOYT H, The Structure and Growth of Residential Neighborhoods in American Cities. Federal Housing Admnistration, Washington D.C. 1939.
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Homer Hoyt (meados da década de 1960)

As stated in the letter of transmittal, the purpose of this monograph is to suggest techniques through which certain generalizations on city structure and growth may be evolved. It may be of value in serving as a useful guide in the further analysis of urban conglomerates of man-made structures.

The vast storehouse of information relative to the structure of American cities, which was first made available by the Real Property Inventories of the Civil Works Administration supervised by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce in 1934, and the subsequent real property surveys of the Works Progress Administration, has been drawn upon freely. This imposing body of statistical data covered detailed housing characteristics more extensive in magnitude and more intensive in coverage than had ever been gathered before. These surveys of real property made possible a scientific analysis of city structure that would heretofore have been impossible.

As the techniques for making real property surveys were refined through the cooperative efforts of the Works Progress Administration, the Central Statistical Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration, and the Division of Economics and Statistics of the Federal Housing Administration, the possibilities of utilizing the voluminous data (available for over 200 American cities) in developing principles of city structure were recognized. Thus, the present study was conceived. (..)

HOMER HOYT,
Principal Housing Economist,
Division of Economics and Statistics,
Federal Housing Administration.
MAY 24, 1939.

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