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Lev-Ari, Aviva – 1981
This paper employs the time-geographic perspective to analyze the choices made in residential relocation. According to the author, the motivation of residents to make their homes in an urban or suburban environment is determined chiefly by how geographically convenient the location is, and the amount of space that is needed by the resident. A…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consumer Economics, Life Style, Metropolitan Areas
Frey, William H. – 1977
This paper investigates the recent pace of metropolitan-wide integration as it is related to the demographic processes of residential mobility and migration. It also examines the prospects for future changes in this pace. These changes could create a substantial "opening" of the suburbs for blacks. The findings of the study suggest that…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns
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Conzen, Michael P. – Journal of Geography, 1983
The post-World War II American pattern of general urban growth, rapid suburbanization, and central city decline has now given way to reduced urban growth outside the Sunbelt, increased growth in nonmetropolitan areas, greater self-sufficiency for suburbs, and continuing depression in the central cities. Implications of these changes are discussed.…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns, Population Distribution, Population Trends
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Norris, Donald; And Others – Planning for Higher Education, 1990
The article examines the phenomenon of rapid growth of suburban cities and identifies implications for higher education. Suggested are branch campuses, multi-institutional centers, targeted high-tech centers, and distributed interactive institutes. Changes in delivery systems, including modifying the academic calendar and using interactive media,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Colleges, Decentralization, Delivery Systems