Counter urbanization

Counter urbanization

Counter urbanisation is a demographic and social process whereby people move from urban areas to rural areas. It first took place as a reaction to inner-city deprivation and overcrowding. Initial study of counter urbanisation was carried out by human geographer Brian Berry.[1] More recent research has documented the social and political drivers of counter urbanisation, and the impacts of the same, in developing countries, which are currently undergoing processes of mass-urbanisation, such as China.[2] It is one of the causes that can lead to shrinking cities.

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References

  1. ^ http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/451/1/13
  2. ^ Griffiths, Michael. B., Flemming Christiansen, and Malcolm Chapman. (2010) 'Chinese Consumers: The Romantic Reappraisal’. Ethnography, Sept 2010, 11, 331-357.

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