Illinois Government Research no. 39 1975: The Smaller Metropolitan Areas of Illinois Revisited

Gottheil, Diane Levitt; Welch, Susan

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Title

Illinois Government Research no. 39 1975: The Smaller Metropolitan Areas of Illinois Revisited

Author(s)

• Gottheil, Diane Levitt
• Welch, Susan

Issue Date

1975-04

Keyword(s)

• Illinois government
• State government

Abstract

"After providing an overview of population changes in Illinois metropolitan areas during the 1960s, this paper reevaluates and updates the findings of Coke from a number of perspectives. First, using both city and county census data, we compare the downstate and Chicago metropolitan areas in 1960 and 1970. Insofar as possible we have relied on the same indicators as Coke. Second, we have broadened the scope of the analysis by using additional, ""quality of life"" indicators to compare the two areas. We specify the criteria on which a downstate- Chicago comparison could be based, and then compare the areas according to these criteria. Adding quality of life indicators to the economic measures used by Coke yields conclusions somewhat different from his 1962 results. Third, from our updated and broadened findings we reevaluate Coke's argument concerning public attention to the problems of medium-sized cities."

Publisher

Institute of Government and Public Affairs. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Illinois Government Research, no. 39 (April 1975)

ISSN

0195-7783

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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