The Chicago School: Conjectures and refutations
Abstract
What good is an urban theory? Is it to provide a framework for empirical investigation? A scholarly ideology and worldview? Should it explain and predict things? Can an urban theory be proven correct (or incorrect)? And, if shown to be incorrect, when should one be discarded?
Fields of Study & Subjects
Urban Planning and Governance
Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
Urbanization and City Planning
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Dialogues in Urban Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 37–41
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026
- Language
- EN