{"title":"Urban decline in the world's developed economies: an examination of the trends.","authors":"R D Ebel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"The purpose of this paper is to provide a definition and overview of urban decline. It is intended to establish a framework for evaluating the policies that various countries have used to address the costs and benefits of urban decline....\" The geographic focus is on the developed countries who are members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Urban declines are defined as decreases in population and/or loss of economic base as measured by the level and composition of employment.</p>","PeriodicalId":85406,"journal":{"name":"Research in urban economics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22025441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The demographic factor and urban decline: a cross-national comparison.","authors":"W C Apgar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"This paper examines demographic changes in the 25 member nations of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), focusing on the differential rates of population growth in urban and rural areas and changes in the age structure of population.\" The period covered is 1950-1980. The emphasis is on the implications of these trends for the likely growth of population and households in urban areas during the 1980s. The paper concludes with consideration of the impact of these demographic changes on public policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":85406,"journal":{"name":"Research in urban economics","volume":"5 ","pages":"21-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22025442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foreign workers in OECD countries: the social and economic consequences.","authors":"M Owen, A B Schnare","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85406,"journal":{"name":"Research in urban economics","volume":"5 ","pages":"53-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22025443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}