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| Birth Rate | 1 |
| Decentralization | 1 |
| Metropolitan Areas | 1 |
| Migration Patterns | 1 |
| Population Distribution | 1 |
| Population Trends | 1 |
| Trend Analysis | 1 |
| Urban to Rural Migration | 1 |
| Urbanization | 1 |
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| Public Interest | 1 |
Author
| Alonso, William | 1 |
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Peer reviewedAlonso, William – Public Interest, 1978
This article suggests that there are three principal sources of metropolitan population decline: the declining birth rate, the reversal of rural-to-urban migration, and inter-metropolitan migration. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Decentralization, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns
