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The implications of contemporary redistribution trends for national urban policy
| Author: |
Kasarda, John D. |
| Date: |
1980 |
| Periodical: |
Social Science Quarterly. Universtiy of Texas Press |
| Abstract: |
The aim of this paper is to examine contemporary inter- and intra-regional redistribution trends with an eye toward drawing implications for revised national urban policies. Because of space constraints, assessment is restricted to the more general trends and, therefore, some highly diverse experiences occurring within these broader trends will not be addressed. An overview of interregional demographic and economic growth patterns and their determinants will be followed by a treatment of metropolitan-nonmetropolitan shifts, and then by an assessment of central city-suburban redistribution patterns. My working thesis is that these three basic redistribution patterns are interwoven and commonly rooted in changes in transportation and communication technology interacting with a rapidly changing structure of national and international economic organization. Guided by this thesis and resulting analysis, the article concludes with recommendations for our national urban policymakers to contemplate. |
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