extended abstractintroductionin the past decades, development policies in the country have caused negativeeffects on regions. these policies have caused the mass evacuation of ruralsettlement and the imbalance hierarchy of settlements. the reflect of these policiesare visible in the rapid and uneven growth of large cities and eliminate loops linkingbetween cities and rural settlements from the ...

This monograph provides a systematic analysis of interprovincial migration in China and regional population dynamics since the 1950s. Data were obtained from the 1% sample survey of 1987. Chapters are devoted to an examination of the main features of population distribution and spatial differences of major demographic indicators, the causes and selectivity of migration, and the structure of m...

Abstract In the majority of large cities in Poland there is a migration outflow, resulting mainly from suburbanisation processes. However, it should be noted that inhabitants do not move exclusively to suburban zone. The study below focuses on migratory outflow Wroc?aw residents. authors characterise by presenting directions population movements and determining their sustainability. conclude ta...

Most of the countries within the West African sub-region are emergent nations which, for a long time, have been grouped among the Less Developed Countries of the world. Due to the low level of development, these countries have generally considered economic growth, social and educational development and industrialization as key development priorities, while protection of the environment has not ...

the earth is a stable feature but it is diminished due to different factors including: the extension and development of cities, emerging of villages and rural areas with the physical texture of cities, the spreading of industrial units and population growth, changing the patterns of land use and lack of good management. this paper is concerned with the global and national perspective of these p...

Urbanization is a global multidimensional process that manifests itself through rapidly changing human population densities and changing land cover. The growth of cities is due to a combination of four forces: natural growth, rural to urban migration, massive migration due to extreme events, and redefinitions of administrative boundaries. Half of the world’s population today lives in urban area...

The aim of the research is to study factors development and depression territory, a methodological approach assessing cities rural settlements Kazakhstan. main indicators selection localities include population density, industrial production per capita, gross output agricultural products (services rendered) retail turnover nominal income migration balance, distance up 50 km from state border sa...

BACKGROUND Recent changes in rural road traffic mortality have not been examined in China although rural residents were reported as having greater risk of road traffic injury than urban residents. We aimed to examine changes in urban and rural road traffic mortality rates between 2005 and 2010 in China. METHODS Mortality rates came from the publicly available health data of the Ministry of He...

This paper is a theoretical study of rural-urban migration—urbanization—as it has occurred in many low-income economies in the postwar period. This process is viewed as a transfer of labor from a traditional, land-intensive technology to a human capital–intensive technology with an unending potential for growth. The model emphasizes the role of cities as places in which new immigrants can accum...