Internal Migration in the Developed World

Tony Champion is Emeritus Professor of Population Geography at Newcastle University UK. His research interests include migration and its impact on population distribution in the Developed World, with particular reference to counter-urbanisation and city resurgence. He was President of the British Society for Population Studies in 2013-2015. Thomas Cooke is a population and urban geographer and Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Connecticut, USA. His research focuses on internal migration decline in the United States, the spatial distribution of metropolitan poverty and the family dimension of migration behaviour. He is currently an Editor of Urban Geography. Ian Shuttleworth is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. His research interests include migration, labour market mobility, and social segregation. He also has an interest in divided societies with a special focus on Northern Ireland. He is currently director of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study Research Support Unit.

Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. Introduction: A More Mobile World, or Not? 2. Understanding the Drivers of Internal Migration 3. Studying Internal Migration in a Cross-National Context 4. Global Trends in Internal Migration Part 2: In-Depth Country Analyses 5. United States: Cohort Effects on the Long-Term Decline in Migration Rates 6. United Kingdom: Temporal Change in Internal Migration 7. Australia: The Long-Run Decline in Internal Migration Intensities 8. Japan: Internal Migration Trends and Processes since the 1950s 9. Sweden: Internal Migration in a High-Mobility Nordic Country 10. Germany: Internal Migration within a Changing Nation 11. Italy: Internal Migration in a Low-Mobility Country Part 3: Commentary and Synthesis 12. Internal Migration: What Does the Future Hold? 13. Sedentary No Longer Seems Apposite: Internal Migration in an Era of Mobilities 14. Conclusions and Reflections