Population redistribution trends and the persistence of organized capitalism
Fielding, A.J.
Geographical Perspectives 61: 74-76
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0199-994X PMID: 12343078 Document Number: 416498
The author examines factors affecting the marked changes in population distribution that have occurred in Western industrialized countries since the end of World War II. During this period, urban and regional differences in fertility and mortality have declined and the significance of migration has increased. The change from migration to urban areas in the 1950s to counterurbanization in the 1970s and back to urban growth in the 1980s is summarized. These changes are then analyzed in the context of the changing demands of an evolving capitalist economic system.