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Making sense of counterurbanization
Institution:1. University of Groningen & Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Netherlands;2. University of Groningen, The Netherlands;1. Department of Sociology, Political Science and Public Administration, Catholic University of Temuco (Chile), Manuel Montt, 056, Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile;2. Master''s Program in Planning and Territorial Management, Catholic University of Temuco, Chile;3. Geography Department, University of Concepción, Chile;1. Department of Geography and Arctic Research Centre ARCUM, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden;2. Department of Geography, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden;3. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, 600, Akureyri, Iceland
Abstract:Non-metropolitan population growth has received extensive consideration since it was first observed in the United States nearly 30 years ago. The emergence, weakening and selective reappearance of this phenomenon across much of the developed world has spawned a large body of applied and academic literature. Many terms and phrases have been coined to describe this redistribution of population within the settlement system. The word “counterurbanization” is one that has received on-going attention in the literature. Although its verification, explanation and interpretation have occupied many research agendas, lack of consistency in definition hinders comparability. In this paper, I argue that the word counterurbanization is too broad to cover its depth of meaning. In its place, I propose adoption of three concepts to describe the changing spatial redistribution of population: counterurban, counterurbanizing, and counterurbanization. A framework integrating these concepts is offered, and templates for future study described. This exercise is timely given the recent release of census data.
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