Dear Carolina,
One of the first and most thorough studies of this kind was probably my
PhD Thesis on the evolution of urban space and structure in the City of
London, which I conducted in the late 1970s and 1980s and was eventually
deposited in the University of London library in 1989. Unfortunately it
was completed before we had eprints or even the sophisticated computer
software that we take for ganted today, so it is not (as yet) available
electronically, but I will investigate this possibility because it is
arguably an important reference work for the subject. No one is able to
read it these days as, for reasons I will not bore you with here, I never
got around to publishing it despite having a book constract from CUP!
Younger members of the research community be warned - seize the
opportunity to publish your work whilst it is still fresh and you retain
your enthusiasm for dissseminating your findings. Carolina, I wish you
sucess with your studies. Warm regards, Julienne Hanson
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