54:40050 Craig,
John. Population density and concentration in England and
Wales, 1971 and 1981. Studies on Medical and Population Subjects,
No. 52, ISBN 0-11-691224-3. 1988. v, 47 pp. Office of Population
Censuses and Surveys [OPCS]: London, England. In Eng.
Trends in
population density and spatial distribution in England and Wales are
examined using data from the 1971 and 1981 censuses. "Summary tables
and summary statistics have been prepared highlighting some features of
the spatial distribution of population in 1981 and how they have
changed since 1971." Consideration is given to geographical variations
in population density as well as to methods of data
analysis.
Location: Population Council Library, New York,
NY.
54:40051 Foss, Olaf;
Sorlie, Kjetil; Texmon, Inger. All growth is in the
cities! The components of recent regional demographic change in
Norway. A demographic analysis. [All vekst i storbyer!
Sentralisering av flytting og folketallsvekst pa 1980-tallet. En
demografisk analyse.] NIBR Report, No. 42, 1987. xxiii, 70 pp. Norsk
Institutt for By- og Regionforskning: Oslo, Norway. In Nor. with sum.
in Eng.
Recent demographic trends in Norway are analyzed, with a
focus on regional demographic changes and their consequences. The
authors note an increased trend toward the centralization of
population. However, in contrast to the post-World War II period, when
centralization was balanced by natural increase in the peripheral
regions, the current move toward the core areas is taking place in a
period of zero population growth or even population decrease. The
consequences include a trend toward the depopulation of the more remote
parts of the country, with various social and economic effects. The
authors see no likelihood of a reversal of such trends under current
conditions, and there are no policies under consideration that will
either alter such trends or cope with their
consequences.
Correspondence: NIBR, Nycoveien 1, Postboks
15 Grefsen, 0409 Oslo, Norway. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40052 Frey,
William H.; Speare, Alden. Regional and metropolitan
growth and decline in the United States. The Population of the
United States in the 1980s: A Census Monograph Series, ISBN
0-87154-293-5. LC 88-6727. 1988. xxix, 586 pp. Russell Sage Foundation:
New York, New York. In Eng.
This study, conducted for the National
Committee for Research on the 1980 Census, is one in a series concerned
with analyses of the results of the 1980 U.S. census. This volume
analyzes the significant changes in population movement and
distribution that occurred during the 1970s. The study "describes new
population distribution patterns, explores their consequences, and
evaluates competing explanations of current trends....The book focuses
not only on regional patterns but on the shifts occurring within
metropolitan areas; the authors look closely at the changing race,
status, and household demographics of our nation's largest cities and
discuss the broad societal forces precipitating such changes." The
authors concude that the 1970s represented a transition decade with
regard to population distribution, and that the new patterns now
emerging do not indicate a return to the past.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40053 Kumar, K.;
Taragi, R. C. S. Changing population concentration in
India: a macro-regional scenario. Population Geography, Vol. 8,
No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1986. 58-63 pp. Chandigarh, India. In Eng.
The
pattern of population concentration in India is examined at the
macro-regional level. Consideration is given to regional differences
in climatic and socioeconomic conditions.
Correspondence:
K. Kumar, Office of the Registrar General, West Block No. 1, R. K.
Puram, New Delhi 110 022, India. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:40054 Ram,
Sodhi. A spatial perspective on the distribution of the
Indians in the United Kingdom, 1981. Population Geography, Vol. 8,
No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1986. 17-26 pp. Chandigarh, India. In Eng.
The
author analyzes the spatial distribution of Indians living in Great
Britain in 1981. The impact of factors such as demand for labor,
location of manufacturing industries, and the attraction of urban areas
is examined.
Correspondence: S. Ram, Panjab University,
Chandigarh 160 014, India. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
54:40055 Armstrong,
Warwick; McGee, T. G. Theatres of accumulation: studies
in Asian and Latin American urbanization. ISBN 0-416-78570-0. LC
85-11466. 1985. xvi, 269 pp. Methuen: New York, New York/London,
England. In Eng.
This is an overview of urbanization in Latin
America and Asia. The authors argue that the major cities "play a
crucial role in the process of capital accumulation and of unequal
exchange and dependency." They show how the flow of capital through
the urban system brings net losses to rural areas and further
exacerbates income inequalities among regions and classes. Theoretical
issues are also discussed, and projections of likely future
developments in urbanization are offered.
Location:
Population Council Library, New York, NY.
54:40056 Atzema, O.
A. L. C.; Bargeman, C. A. Regional population growth and
internal migration. [Regionale bevolkingsgroei en binnenlandse
migratie.] In: Regio en ontwikkeling: aspecten van
regionaal-economische ontwikkelingen in Nederland, edited by J.
Buursink and E. Wever. Nederlandse Geografische Studies, No. 26, ISBN
90-6809-035-6. 1986. 103-29 pp. Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig
Genootschap: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen,
Geografisch en Planologisch Instituut: Nijmegen, Netherlands. In Dut.
The effect of urbanization on internal migration in the Netherlands
is examined using data from official and other published sources.
Consideration is given to economic factors, housing availability,
income, and transportation. Maps of seven urban areas involved in
major population movements are provided.
Location: U.S.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
54:40057 Bourne, L.
S. Urbanization, migration and urban research in
comparative context: an urban systems perspective. Revue
Canadienne d'Etudes du Developpement/Canadian Journal of Development
Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1987. 69-79 pp. Ottawa, Canada. In Eng.
"The urbanization process is not only global in scale, and thus
subject to universal principles, but intensely specific in time and
place. The former calls for research which is both transnational and
comparative, the latter for analyses set in the appropriate
socioeconomic and political circumstances. This paper outlines a
conceptual framework, based on the theory of urban systems, that can
accommodate both spatial scales as well as provide a bridge between
research focusing on developed and developing countries. A
developmental model of migration is introduced to illustrate the
approach and the paper concludes with a series of challenges to future
research."
Correspondence: L. S. Bourne, Centre for Urban
and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1,
Canada. Location: Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.
54:40058 Haines,
Richard; Buijs, Gina. The struggle for social and economic
space: urbanization in twentieth century South Africa. Institute
for Social and Economic Research Special Publication, No. 3, ISBN
0-949947-73-3. Dec 1985. xx, 269 pp. University of Durban-Westville,
Institute for Social and Economic Research: Durban, South Africa. In
Eng.
This is a compilation of papers presented at a workshop on
urbanization in twentieth-century South Africa, held in Durban, South
Africa, in 1981. The focus is on the interdisciplinary nature of
urbanization and on factors that control and direct the process.
Papers are included on an overview of some aspects of urbanization and
urban space construction in South Africa, 1870-1980; the role of the
homeland in urbanization; mechanisms of control in a Natal sugar
estate; a reformulation of the informal sector concept; and images of
rural and urban life as presented in the media.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40059 Islam,
Sohel M. S. A stochastic model of urbanisation in
India. Demography India, Vol. 16, No. 2, Jul-Dec 1987. 295-300 pp.
New Delhi, India. In Eng.
The author presents a stochastic model of
urbanization in India using data from official and other published
sources. "The purpose of the present paper is to predict the future
path of urbanization in India based on a diffusion process
approximation assuming time and state space as
continuous."
Correspondence: S. M. S. Islam, Department of
Statistics, University of Chittagong, Post Code No. 4331, Chittagong,
Bangladesh. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40060 Krishan,
Gopal. Is India overurbanised? Population Geography,
Vol. 8, No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1986. 76-81 pp. Chandigarh, India. In Eng.
The author "questions the frequently posed thesis of India being
overurbanised. The diverse connotations of the term 'overurbanisation'
have been taken into account and tested against the Indian reality."
Consideration is given to the positive and negative effects of Indian
urbanization in relation to economic
growth.
Correspondence: G. Krishan, Department of
Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40061 Kuijsten,
Anton. High population density areas. Pub. Order No.
SEM-ORG(86)10. 1986. 64 pp. Council of Europe: Strasbourg, France. In
Eng.
This paper on areas of high population density was prepared
for the Seminar on Demographic Problem Areas in Europe, held in
Strasbourg, France, September 2-4, 1986. The first section is
concerned with the demographic characteristics of high population
density areas. The problems faced by such areas are next discussed.
The final section contains population projections for high density
areas.
For a report on the seminar, published in 1987, see 54:30754.
Correspondence: Council of Europe, F-67006 Strasbourg
CEDEX, France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40062 Mobius,
Dina. The development of the population geography of the
capital city, Berlin, since the foundation of the German Democratic
Republic. [Bevolkerungsgeographische Entwicklung der Hauptstadt
Berlin seit Grundung der DDR.] Geographische Berichte, Vol. 32, No. 2,
1987. 87-92, 141-2 pp. Gotha, German Democratic Republic. In Ger. with
sum. in Eng; Rus.
Population trends in East Berlin since the
creation of the German Democratic Republic in 1949 are reviewed.
Changes in urban spatial distribution over time are described with
particular reference to the concentration of new building in suburban
areas. The author notes that total population numbers have stabilized
since the 1960s but that the age distribution has improved since then.
The importance of migration to the city's population growth is
emphasized.
Correspondence: D. Mobius, Sektion Geographie,
Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Universitatsstrasse 3b, Berlin 1086,
German Democratic Republic. Location: U.S. Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
54:40063 Pathak,
Pushpa. Slow growing towns in India. Population
Geography, Vol. 8, No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1986. 64-75 pp. Chandigarh, India.
In Eng.
The author addresses the question of "why some towns [in
India] are not...able to sustain the population added due to natural
increase in an overall rapidly urbanising environment....An analysis of
slow growing towns...conducted at both macro- and micro-levels reveals
that: (i) the slow growing towns are concentrated in a few states
which are characterised by a high urbanisation level but a slow urban
growth rate; (ii) practically all of them have suffered net
out-migration...; and (iii) their slow growth is attributed to a low
administrative status, poor transport connectivity, inadequate
developmental efforts, and fast growth of some town(s) in close
proximity." Data are from official Indian
sources.
Correspondence: P. Pathak, National Institute of
Urban Affairs, New Delhi, India. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:40064 Pernia,
Ernesto M. Urbanization and spatial development in the
Asian and Pacific region: trends and issues. Asian Development
Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1988. 86-105 pp. Manila, Philippines. In Eng.
"This article reviews the trends and patterns of urbanization and
spatial development since 1960 in selected Asian and Pacific developing
countries and discusses the main forces underlying the trends. It
examines issues such as the speed of urbanization, spatial
concentration and appropriate measures to deal with them; the effects
of income and differences in sectoral productivity and of population
growth; the relative effectiveness of spatial policies; and urban
problems and measures to cope with them. It then attempts to preview
the likely urbanization trends to the year 2000, highlighting problems
associated with rapid urban growth and excessive spatial concentration.
Finally, it discusses the various policy approaches to spatial and
urban issues."
Correspondence: E. M. Pernia, Economics
Office, Asian Development Bank, P.O. Box 789, 1099 Manila, Philippines.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
54:40065 Pumain,
Denise. Application of a spatial dynamic model to urban
populations. Materialien zur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, No. 56,
1988. 107-31 pp. Wiesbaden, Germany, Federal Republic of. In Eng.
The author applies P. Allen's intra-urban model "to the post-war
evolution of the spatial distribution of employment and resident active
population in a few French urban agglomerations. [She makes] a short
presentation of the structure and of the main properties of this
complex model. The results of the calibrations and the residuals of
the simulations are then analysed."
Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
54:40066 Rafiq,
Muhammad; Hailemariam, Assefa. Some structural aspects of
urbanization in Ethiopia. Genus, Vol. 43, No. 3-4, Jul-Dec 1987.
183-204 pp. Rome, Italy. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Ita.
Urbanization in Ethiopia between 1967 and 1984 is examined, with
attention to regional differentials, relative growth rates of urban
centers of various sizes, and international
comparisons.
Correspondence: M. Rafiq, Demographic Training
and Research Center, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40067 Ueda,
Kozo. Demographic urbanization in Asian countries.
SEAMIC Publication, No. 44, LC 86-191465. 1985. v, 170 pp. Southeast
Asian Medical Information Center [SEAMIC]: Tokyo, Japan. In Eng.
This study, translated from the original Japanese, examines aspects
of urbanization in Asia. General urbanization trends in the region are
first outlined. The author then examines population characteristics of
urban and rural populations, other socioeconomic characteristics,
fertility differentials, mortality differentials, migration, and
migrant characteristics. The general focus is on the comparison of
rural and urban populations.
Correspondence: SEAMIC,
Toyo-kaiji Building No. 6, Shimbashi 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105,
Japan. Location: U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
54:40068 Vetter,
David M.; de Oliveira, Francisca L.; de Oliveira, Lucia E. G.; da Cruz,
Olga L.; Porcaro, Rosa M.; Massena, Rosa M. R.; Araujo, Tereza C.
N. Social indicators: metropolitan regions, urban
agglomerations, and municipalities with more than 100,000
inhabitants. [Indicadores sociais: regioes metropolitanas,
aglomeracoes urbanas, municipios com mais de 100,000 habitantes.] ISBN
85-240-0263-8. 1988. 271 pp. Fundacao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia
e Estatistica [IBGE]: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Por.
Selected data
based on 1980 census results and other sources are presented for urban
areas in Brazil. The data concern urban population, population growth,
sex distribution, and migrants; educational status; labor force; and
housing. The data are provided separately for different types of urban
area.
Location: New York Public Library.
54:40069 Zhang,
Wei-Bin. The urbanization process with moving
boundary. Geographical Analysis, Vol. 20, No. 4, Oct 1988. 328-39
pp. Columbus, Ohio. In Eng.
"The paper proposes a dynamic model of
urbanization in the regional system consisting of the central business
district (CBD), the urban, and the rural areas....The model consists of
three partial differential equations under appropriate boundary and
initial conditions. It describes how the actual regional pattern is
disturbed far away from the equilibrium by inflationary forces. An
analytic solution of the fixed rural land price is
given."
Correspondence: W.-B. Zhang, Department of
Economics, University of Umea, S-901 87 Umea, Sweden.
Location: Princeton University Library (UES).
54:40070 Singh,
Jhujar; Gosal, R. P. S. Density of rural population in an
Indian situation: a contemporary approach. Population Geography,
Vol. 8, No. 1-2, Jun-Dec 1986. 50-7 pp. Chandigarh, India. In Eng.
"The purpose of this paper is to measure the role of selected
natural variables in determining the spatial patterns in the density of
rural population in Punjab [India]....Mean annual rainfall, quality of
soil and availability of potable water have been considered relevant
independent variables in explaining spatial variance in density of
rural population in this study."
Correspondence: J. Singh,
Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
54:40071 Vlassoff,
Carol; Khuda, Barkat-e. Impact of modernization on
development and demographic behaviour: case studies in seven third
world countries. Pub. Order No. IDRC-260e. ISBN 0-88936-502-4.
1988. xi, 123 pp. International Development Research Centre [IDRC]:
Ottawa, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"The collection of
articles in this volume focuses on the impact of rural development
policies and projects on demographic behaviour in seven countries in
Asia and Latin America....The Philippines study examines changes over
time in two rural communities...influenced by the Green Revolution and
agrarian reform. The Malaysian project investigates the impact of
modern industrial expansion in a traditional rural area upon the family
economy and gender roles. In Bangladesh, the effect of an integrated
program for rural development upon demographic change, especially on
fertility and family-planning behaviour, is examined. The Indian study
focuses on the relationship between child labour and fertility....In
rural Colombia, demographic and economic behaviours are compared in
three different economic sectors--modern capitalist, traditional
capitalist, and smallholders. The Argentinian study investigates the
demographic and economic characteristics of [rural]
households....Finally, in Peru, demographic and economic behaviours in
four rural areas...are compared." Data are from official and other
published sources. The publication is also available in French and
Spanish.
Location: Population Council Library, New York,
NY.
