This paper reports on a demographic study that focuses on the patterns of migration to and from specific metropolitan areas which contribute to nonmetropolitan growth and decline. For background, the paper examines some general properties of the United States migration system. Then the concept of metropolitan areas as redistributors of population…

Examines White enrollment changes in 50 school districts after desegregation. Concludes that White flight seems to accelerate in the first year of implementation, but this is not necessarily true either for phased-in plans, or for districts which encompass larger metropolitan areas with high minority enrollments. (KH)

Investigated in this article are several factors that affect the annexation by central cities of urbanized areas to retain decentralized populations. A multivariate model of the responses of central cities to over- and underboundedness is presented and evaluated. (Author/EB)

This research study explores changes in the geographic dispersal of social classes in Philadelphia over a 20-year period. Discussed are the changes which occurred between the central city and its suburbs and those which occurred among suburban municipalities. Descriptions of several hypothetical models about the changes are tested. (EB)

Research for this paper was undertaken to determine whether the black suburban growth during the 1970's was primarily a process of dispersal or concentration--that is, did blacks disperse into exclusively white neighborhoods or did they tend to concentrate in suburbs that already contained significant black populations. Census data from 1970 and…

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…

This study is concerned with evaluating some demographic and policy-relevant attributes of central cities that have been proposed as determinants of class-specific, white, city-to-suburb movement. Drawing on migration data from the 1970 census for 39 metropolitan areas, the present investigation: (1) evaluates the aggregate impact that the white…

Among the myths that are discussed are the effects of desegregation/integration on violence, finances, achievement, self confidence, quality education, neighborhood schools, and white flight. (Author/AM)

1980 census data for the Saint Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area indicated (1) no change in central city desegregation and only a modest decline in suburban segregation; (2) rapid Black population growth in suburbs with low segregation indexes (signifying a possible racial turnover); and (3) repetition of central city segregation patterns in the…

Migration data suggest an evolutionary process in which central cities attract high status migrants when cities are relatively small, attract migrants less as they grow, and then again become attractive. Large northern cities may currently be in the middle stage. (Author/MJL)

Examined mass media coverage of research conducted in 1975 by James S. Coleman and others, which suggested that court ordered busing caused increased White flight, thus promoting greater residential segregation. Found that the White flight thesis was reported as a scientifically documented fact, despite the unavailability of published evidence and…

This article reviews the housing situation in Washington, D.C., from 1954 to the present. Statistics show the intensity of White flight from the inner city to the suburbs from 1960 to 1970. The effects of the subsequent return of Whites to the inner city, a reverse trend beginning in 1975, are discussed. (MC)

Factors involved in the determination of White attitudes toward busing are discussed. The term White flight is considered a euphemism for the process in which the responsibility for housing discrimination is shifted from the structure of the capitalist system to White community residents. (RLV)

In this study, information on race, poverty, and socioeconomic variables was analyzed to examine underlying relationships. A strong association of Blacks with poverty in suburban areas was found. The research supports the position that suburbanization of Blacks has not changed the intrametropolitan distribution of minority economic welfare.…

The purpose of this paper is to measure on a nationwide basis the proportion of annual (from 1967 to 1971) housing turnover that represented racial succession. Using data obtained from Current Population Surveys, particular emphasis is placed on how the rate of racial succession varied among regions and was different in cities, suburbs, and…