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Autor/in | Morrison, Peter A. |
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Institution | Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. |
Titel | Urban Growth and Decline in the United States: A Study of Migration's Effects in Two Cities. Paper Series No. 5234. |
Quelle | (1974), (40 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Case Studies; Demography; Inner City; Metropolitan Areas; Migration; Migration Patterns; Population Distribution; Population Growth; Population Trends; Social Change; Urban Demography; Urban Population; Urbanization; California; California (San Jose); Missouri; Missouri (Saint Louis) |
Abstract | The United States is a highly urbanized nation with space in abundance, yet large portions of its national territory are emptying out. The counterpart of this pervasive population decline is a highly selective pattern of growth, conferred by a national system of migration flows that has increasingly favored a certain few metropolitan areas. This duality of growth and decline, and its dependence on an intricate system of migration flows, are central features of U.S. urbanization. Migration is a key observable phenomenon, expressing the urbanization process and hence promising insight into its workings. This paper examines U.S. migration first from a broad analytical viewpoint and then through the experience of two specific cities. Section Two considers the functions and dynamics of the migration process: what causes migration to occur, what its effects are on migrants, and how it affects the places they leave and the places to which they go. Sections Three and Four present two specific metropolitan area case studies within which general urbanization phenomena are examined: San Jose, California, a case study of rapid population growth; and the city of Saint Louis which exemplifies central-city population decline. (Author/JM) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |