This study is made to evaluate some of these forces for the thirty titled Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States which are located on and overlap borders of two or more states. The attempt is made to determine if border SMSAs conform to the Burgess model despite state lines and other barriers imposed between SMSA parts, or whether such barriers restrict functional growth to the state side containing the central city.

The "Factorial Ecology of Dallas County" deals with the differentiation of census tracts based on combinations of census tract variables for Dallas County. The study examines this differentiation, using five factors which are analyzed in relation to concentric zone and sector theory. All of the analyses are based upon data which are available by census tract from the 1970 national census.

<p> The patterns of working class settlement for New York City were established using occupation statistics found within the 1940 census. The health areas of the city's boroughs were shaded based on location quotients. Location quotients were calculated for craftsmen, operatives and labourers individually and then as a group, defining the term "total working class". The urban structure of New York City, presented in the four maps of working class settlement, failed to show the existence of five distinct concentric areas which Burgess identified in Chicago in 1925. The complicated topography, peripheral location of manufacturing industries, and lack of evenly dispersed transportation modes and bridges have contributed to the unique arrangement of settlement in New York City. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Arts (BA)