Ecological and Geographical Distances in Stockholm.

The purpose of the present paper is to test empirically the covariation between a few partial measures applying to ecological distance on the one hand, and to geographical distance on the other, within a given area of investigation, viz the city of Stockholm, Sweden, in 1947. The distance in question is the distance from the centre of the city. The investigation was planned as part of a sociological study of the city of Stockholm, the data used covering the years 1945-4950. Result of the study seems to indicate that the geographical distance is, with certain adjustments, a barely acceptable measure to be applied to the ecological distance in zone divisions within the area investigated, but only provided a rough division is considered sufficient. At the same time the study diminishes the importance of substituting geographical distance for ecological distance in the actual ecological analyses of Stockholm of the given time. It provides two partial measures of ecological distance which could be used in the analyses as well.