The Chicago School: Conjectures and refutations

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?

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Dialogues in Urban Research
Published
2026-02-02
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https://doi.org/10.1177/27541258261416481
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1
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Urban Planning and Governance
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The Chicago School: Conjectures and refutations

Kevin Loughran
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Dialogues in Urban Research
Urban Planning and Governance
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The Chicago School: Conjectures and refutations

Kevin Loughran
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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?

Dialogues in Urban ResearchVol. 4(1)
Temple University (US)
Sustainable cities and communities
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Urban Planning and Governance
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