Introduction to Special Issue: Testing the Differential Urbanisation Model in Developed and Less Developed Countries

Kontuly, Thomas; Geyer, H.S.

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“…Zelinsky (1971) has referred to this phase of mobility as the early transition stage. Kontuly & Geyer (2003a, b) call it the concentration phase. The saturation limit of this phase has been reached and is clearly defined by symptoms of agglomeration diseconomies and over‐urbanisation.…”

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“…Finland (Heikilla 2003) was the only country to progress through the first cycle of urbanisation and move into the second one, and the sequence of consecutive stages proposed by the model have been clearly identified there. For Italy (Bonifazi & Heins 2003), Turkey (Gedik 2003), South Africa (Geyer 1995; Kontuly & Geyer 2003a,b) and India (Mookherjee 2003), progression has occurred sequentially from the urbanisation stage to polarisation reversal. In Britain (Champion 2003), West Germany (Kontuly & Dearden 2003) and Russia (Nefedova & Treivish 2003; Tammaru 2003), the cycle of consecutive stages was observed as a general temporal progression, rather than a series of uninterrupted stages.…”

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Towards a Theoretical Exploration of the Differential Urbanisation Model in Sub‐saharan Africa: The Botswana Case

Gwebu¹

2006

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This paper investigates the extent to which the differential urbanisation model is applicable to Botswana by using empirical data obtained from periodic censuses, supportive documentary information and observations from personal on-going research on urbanisation and migration. Differential urbanisation refers to the cyclic spatio-temporal growth trends that the elements of human settlement hierarchies undergo, in response to migration. Empirical studies have verified the validity of differential urbanisation in the United States, Europe, India and South Africa. These areas, unlike Botswana, have longer histories of urbanisation, larger population sizes, denser population distributions, and higher levels of economic development. Current research interest is focused on investigating the theoretical applicability of the differential urbanisation model to those countries at the lower end of the economic development spectrum. The rationale and thrust of this paper is to therefore investigate the relevance of differential urbanisation under unique environmental, demographic and socio-economic conditions that pertain to Botswana. Evidence from the paper shows that urbanisation in Botswana has occurred in sequenced phases that, in general, resemble those suggested by the differential urbanisation model in the following ways. First, there has been concentration in the primate city due to mainstream migration. Secondly, there has been fission leading to the fast growth of the adjacent intermediate settlements, partly as a result of deglomeration economies at the primate core accompanied by substream migration. Third, the peripheral regional and rural centres appear to be now growing relatively rapidly, in response to the implementation of decentralisation policies. Copyright (c) 2006 by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG.

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Towards a Theoretical Exploration of the Differential Urbanisation Model in Sub‐saharan Africa: The Botswana Case

Gwebu¹

2006

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“…as pronounced. This suggests that internal and external push and pull factors shape the population distribution pattern, and the study of differential counter-urbanization [44] could yield additional insights. The study has several implications.…”

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Deconcentration, Counter-Urbanization, or Trend Reversal? The Population Distribution of Switzerland, Revisited~!2009-09-21~!2010-04-08~!2010-08-31~!

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2010

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This study analyzes trends in the population distribution of Switzerland, with focus on the period 1980-2000. It updates and extends an earlier study [1]. The extensions include analyses of population distribution trends by region and citizenship. Results show that Switzerland experienced deconcentration in the 1970s at the cantonal level, and in the 1980s and 1990s at the district level. The results also show a trend of moving away from large densely populated districts to small, sparsely populated and medium sized districts. There was a strong suburbanization trend starting in the 1950s and counter-urbanization during 1980-2000. The core urban areas experienced the slowest growth at the end of the century. Although the foreign permanent resident population increased from 11.6% at the beginning of the century to 20.7% in 2005, its role in shaping the distribution pattern is low.

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“…Following on earlier studies, discussions and applications, the relevancy of elements of the original concept of differential urbanisation was subsequently positively tested at different levels of spatial aggregation in a number of countries differing from one another in terms of their level of development from developed to emerging economic settings (Bonifazi and Heins, 2003;Champion, 2003;Gedik, 2003;Geyer, 2003;Heikkilä, 2003;Kontuly and Dearden, 2003;Mookherjee, 2003;and Tammaru, 2003). Several other discussions and studies followed, which, together, elevated the concept from model to theory status (Abe, 2005;Campuzano, 2006;Champion, 2008;Dangschat and Giffinger, 2008;Gwebu, 2006;Kontuly and Tammaru, 2006;Mitchell, 2004;Mookherjee and Geyer, 2011;Ouředníček, 2007;Suárez and Delgado, 2006;Tammaru et al, 2004).…”

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This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries.This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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Introduction to Special Issue: Testing the Differential Urbanisation Model in Developed and Less Developed Countries

Cited by 13 publications

References 38 publications

Towards a Theoretical Exploration of the Differential Urbanisation Model in Sub‐saharan Africa: The Botswana Case

Towards a Theoretical Exploration of the Differential Urbanisation Model in Sub‐saharan Africa: The Botswana Case

Deconcentration, Counter-Urbanization, or Trend Reversal? The Population Distribution of Switzerland, Revisited~!2009-09-21~!2010-04-08~!2010-08-31~!

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