The Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography Urban Restructuring from a Demographic Perspective

The central argument of this paper is that recent research has overemphasized the notions of urban restructuring and undervalued the role of spatial demographics in understanding urban and region spatial patterns. The paper examines the notions embedded in urban restructuring and suggests that a foc...

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Published in:Economic geography 1987-04, Vol.63 (2), p.103-125
Main Author: Clark, W. A. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Americas
Bgi / Prodig
California
Cities
Demographic economics
Demography
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Division of labor
Economic geography
Geographic regions
Geography
Hispanics
Human geography
North America
Population
Population Dynamics
Residence Characteristics
School enrollment
Social Change
Socioeconomics
United States
Urban geography
Urban planning
Urban Population
Urban population and society
Urbanization
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Summary:The central argument of this paper is that recent research has overemphasized the notions of urban restructuring and undervalued the role of spatial demographics in understanding urban and region spatial patterns. The paper examines the notions embedded in urban restructuring and suggests that a focus on several elements of demographic processes is an equally important component of understanding urban and region spatial structure. A specific discussion of the Los Angeles region indicates that there is a high level of complexity in social-spatial change. Social-spatial change is not simply explained by reference to an unspecified urban restructuring.
ISSN:0013-0095
1944-8287
DOI:10.2307/144149