10.2190/N8J7-CV22-8ATW-LP4G N8J7CV228ATWLP4G 2 Motivation, Limiting Principles, Household Characteristics, Urban Structure, and Residential Choices 21 60 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 N8J7CV228ATWLP4G.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=N8J7CV228ATWLP4G 1 Oscar Perilla Research and Development Division, The Port of New York Authority This paper reviews some theoretical, empirical, and practical drawbacks of urban problem approaches based on analogies to physical processes. It suggests an abstraction of man, as the basic building unit of the urban system, retaining motivation characteristics of people that seem to underlie human behavior in an urban setting. It states some of the basic principles that appear to underlie and limit this behavior and outlines the consequences on urban growth and structure that follow from these principles and characteristics. 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