57:40055 Davies, D.
Hywel. Population density and development potential in
rural Zimbabwe: an assessment based on the 1969 and 1982 censuses.
Institute of British Geographers: Transactions, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1991.
332-53 pp. London, England. In Eng.
"Based on 1969 and 1982 census
data, this paper examines the spatial association between high rural
population density and development potential in Zimbabwe and its
significance for national development policy. A 1982 grid cell density
map was compiled on the same geographical frame as an existing 1969
density map, yielding an intercensal density change map. A land
classification map and a composite map of development constraints were
rasterized on the same spatial framework and subjected to computer
analysis. Areas of critically high (and generally increasing) densities
showed strong spatial associations with areas of severe development
constraints...."
Correspondence: D. H. Davies, University
of Natal, Department of Geography, P.O. Box 375, Pietermaritzburg 3200,
South Africa. Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
57:40056 Hu,
Huanyong. Population distribution, regionalization, and
prospects in China. Acta Geographica Sinica, Vol. 45, No. 2, Jun
1990. 139-45 pp. Beijing, China. In Chi. with sum. in Eng.
China's
terrain and its impact on the spatial distribution of the population is
examined. The author notes that 96 percent of the population is
located southeast of a line drawn from Heihe in Heilongjiang province
in the northeast to Tengchong in Yunnan province in the southwest. It
is concluded that the general pattern of population distribution is
unlikely to change in the future.
Correspondence: H. Hu,
East China Normal University, Population Research Institute, Shanghai,
China. Location: University of California Library, Berkeley,
CA.
57:40057 Park, John
Hwa. Impact of the growth center strategy on the
population dispersion in Korea. Pub. Order No. DA9034941. 1990.
173 pp. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In
Eng.
This study concerns South Korea. It was prepared as a
doctoral dissertation at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, New
Jersey.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 51(7).
57:40058 Sternstein,
Larry. A population geographer's population pyramid.
Journal of Population and Social Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jul 1989.
91-9, 119 pp. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. In Eng. with sum. in Tha.
The author uses data from Thailand for 1980 to demonstrate a
geographic population profile for regional variations in age and sex
values. The profile is created "by first ranking the percentages of
total male and total female populations in each age group in each of
the 698 districts comprising Thailand..., and then providing a
resistant summary of each distribution....Architecturally, the display
comprises a pile of modified box-and-whisker plots (the box-and-whisker
plot being a device used in formal exploratory analysis); one plot for
each age group by sex....Such a graphic display proffers a deal of
information about age-sex structure because the shape of the
distribution of values is presented for each age group from place to
place within the designated area."
Correspondence: L.
Sternstein, Australian National University, Department of Geography,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:40059 Abdo,
Muhammad F. The urbanisation of Kuwait since 1950:
planning, progress and issues. Pub. Order No. BRD92225. 1988. 334
pp. University Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
This work was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at the University
of Durham, England.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 52(1).
57:40060
Cadwallader, Martin. Metropolitan growth and
decline in the United States: an empirical analysis. Growth and
Change, Vol. 22, No. 3, Summer 1991. 1-16 pp. Lexington, Kentucky. In
Eng.
"Urban growth rates are documented for the largest United
States Metropolitan Statistical Areas for the periods 1965-70 and
1975-80. The spatial pattern associated with these growth rates tends
to reinforce the sunbelt-frostbelt dichotomy, as the majority of cities
with positive migration rates for both time periods are located outside
of the heavily industrialized Northeast and Midwest regions of the
country. Two and three-group discriminant analyses indicate that
manufacturing activity, local tax rates, and spending on education, are
particularly important discriminators between growing and declining
cities."
Correspondence: M. Cadwallader, University of
Wisconsin, Department of Geography, Madison, WI 53706.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
57:40061 Miller, H.
Max; Tarver, James D. Migration in Botswana. African
Urban Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, Aug-Nov 1988. 278-84 pp. Nairobi,
Kenya. In Eng.
The authors review urbanization trends in Botswana.
It is noted that the percentage of the total population living in urban
areas increased from 3 in 1964 to 16 in 1981, compared to an African
average of 30, and that some two-thirds of urban growth is due to
migration. The authors conclude that the slow pace of
industrialization and strong links to traditional subsistence
agriculture will continue to reduce the future rate of urban
growth.
Correspondence: H. M. Miller, University of
Georgia, Department of Sociology, Athens, GA 30602. Location:
Brown University Library, Providence, RI.
57:40062
Moriconi-Ebrard, Francois. The 100 largest cities
in the world. [Les 100 plus grandes villes du monde.] Economie et
Statistique, No. 245, Jul-Aug 1991. 7-18, 64-5 pp. Paris, France. In
Fre. with sum. in Eng; Spa.
In order to facilitate international
comparisons, since national definitions of cities vary considerably,
the author presents the concept of the continuity of built-up areas.
Using the proposed definition, the 100 most-populated cities are
listed. The author notes that the four largest, in descending order of
population size, are Tokyo, the New York-Philadelphia conurbation, Sao
Paulo, and Mexico City. The rapid increase in the population of very
large cities since 1950 is noted.
Correspondence: F.
Moriconi-Ebrard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Equipe
P.A.R.I.S., Paris, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
57:40063 Musunuri,
Rama S. V. Emerging patterns of urbanization in India:
1941-81. Pub. Order No. DA9113267. 1991. 219 pp. University
Microfilms International: Ann Arbor, Michigan. In Eng.
This work
was prepared as a doctoral dissertation at Cornell
University.
Correspondence: University Microfilms
International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: Humanities
and Social Sciences 51(12).
57:40064 Pasternak
Taschner, Suzana. Intra-urban population and housing in
Sao Paulo. [Habitacao e demografia intra-urbana em Sao Paulo.]
Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao, Vol. 7, No. 1, Jan-Jun
1990. 3-34 pp. Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Por. with sum. in Eng.
"This
paper outlines an analysis of intra-urban demography in Sao Paulo
[Brazil], by means of differentials among rates of population growth,
densities and age distributions of the several spatial segments of the
city. In trying to analyze together housing and demographic variables,
it associates the youth of the peripheral population to the housing
model prevalent till the eighties--irregular allotment, self-help and
home ownership. The data show changes in this peripheral pattern for
the last decade: the population growth rate of the central zone
(mainly the interior ring) has been greater than that of the periphery.
This would be explained by the increase of inner city slums and by
verticalization. This tendency was already visible from census data of
1970 and 1980, which show an increase in the number of slums and in the
proportion of tenants."
Correspondence: S. Pasternak
Taschner, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Arquitetura e
Urbanismo, Cidade Universitaria, CP 8191, 05508 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:40065 Potter,
Robert B. Urbanization, planning and development in the
Caribbean. ISBN 0-7201-2012-8. LC 89-31618. 1989. viii, 327 pp.
Mansell: New York, New York/London, England. In Eng.
This is a
collection of papers by various authors on urbanization, planning, and
development issues in the Caribbean. Chapters are included on Jamaica,
Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Barbados, Guyana, the Netherlands Antilles,
the Commonwealth Eastern Caribbean, Belize, the French West Indies, the
Bahamas, and Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. A
general introduction and a conclusion by the editor are
included.
Correspondence: Mansell Publishing, Artillery
House, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (FST).
57:40066
Rola-Kunach, Stefania. Territorial demographic
processes. [Terytorialne procesy demograficzne.] Wiadomosci
Statystyczne, Vol. 36, No. 4, Apr 1991. 18-20 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In
Pol.
The relative impact of natural increase and in-migration on
the growth of the urban population in Poland from 1981 to 1989 is
assessed. The analysis is performed separately by voivodship. Changes
in the age distribution of the urban population are also
analyzed.
Correspondence: S. Rola-Kunach, Glowny Urzad
Statystyczny, Department Analiz i Opracowan Zbiorczych, Al.
Niepodleglosci 208, 00 295 Warsaw, Poland. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
57:40067 Rondinelli,
Dennis A. Asian urban development policies in the 1990s:
from growth control to urban diffusion. World Development, Vol.
19, No. 7, Jul 1991. 791-803 pp. Elmsford, New York/Oxford, England. In
Eng.
"This paper reviews Asian policies for achieving more balanced
urbanization. It explores the rationale for Asian urbanization
policies and assesses the two major strategies that have dominated
Asian policies since the 1960s. Finally, it explores the major policy
issues that are now emerging from past experience and that are likely
to dominate urbanization policies during the 1990s." The focus is on
Eastern, Southeastern, and Southern Asia. The author notes that
policies designed to slow rural-urban migration and control the
expansion of metropolitan areas have largely failed, and that the focus
in the 1990s is likely to be on the diffusion of urban growth rather
than on its control or suppression.
Correspondence: D. A.
Rondinelli, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
Location: Princeton University Library (PF).
57:40068 Yin,
Wenyao; Lu, Jiehua; Zhang, Lanxia; Liu, Guiping; Liu,
Shaogang. A model for urbanizing rural population and
development measures: survey of a large specialized market in Xiliu
town, Liaoning province. Chinese Journal of Population Science,
Vol. 2, No. 1, 1990. 25-33 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The
authors present an urbanization model using the example of Xiliu town
in Liaoning province, China. Xiliu has developed from a rural commune
into a large-scale clothing market during the period since 1979. "The
purpose...is to show, by means of a survey conducted in the town, the
characteristics and formative factors of the model and to discuss the
prospect of and measures for furthering this
development."
Correspondence: W. Yin, Liaoning University,
Institute of Population, Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:40069 Yuan,
Florence L. A selected bibliography on urbanization in
China. CIR Staff Paper, No. 61, Jun 1991. vi, 182 pp. U.S. Bureau
of the Census, Center for International Research: Washington, D.C. In
Eng.
This unannotated bibliography covers data sources and studies
on urbanization in China. "Its coverage is limited to items available
in the China Branch of the U.S. Bureau of the Census and to the
subjects of most interest to this office, namely, rural-to-urban
migration, city and town populations, surplus agricultural labor force,
rural labor force transfer out of agriculture, government policies and
regulations affecting urbanization, economic data relating to urban
development, and recommendations of scholars on urbanization in China."
The bibliography is presented separately for Chinese-language and
English-language references, alphabetized both by author and by
title.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Center
for International Research, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
57:40070 Zimm,
Alfred. Temporal and spatial phases in the development of
the Berlin metropolis in the past and the future. [Raum-Zeitliche
Etappen der Metropolenbildung Berlins, ein Blick zuruck nach vorn.]
Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen, Vol. 135, No. 2, 1991. 99-111
pp. Gotha, Germany. In Ger. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
Six phases of
Berlin's development related to political events in Germany since 1871
are identified and their consequences for the city's population
development are analyzed. Particular attention is given to the
demographic consequences of the abolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
The author considers the impact of the situation in the surrounding
region on the city's growth, Berlin's revived role as a national
capital, and developments in Europe.
Correspondence: A.
Zimm, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Fachbereich Geographie,
Universitatsstrasse 3b, O-1080 Berlin, Germany. Location:
Princeton University Library (SG).
57:40071 Jonas,
Raymond A. Peasants, population, and industry in
France. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 22, No. 2,
Autumn 1991. 177-200 pp. Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Eng.
The
author analyzes depopulation in rural France after the middle of the
nineteenth century. The impact of the development of rural industries
on the rural exodus is investigated at both household and regional
levels. The focus is on the textile industry in the department of
Isere.
Correspondence: R. A. Jonas, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. Location: Princeton University
Library (SH).
