title: [Urbanization and development of the urban population in the German Democratic Republic].
abstract: The authors present evidence that "urbanisation in the GDR [German Democratic Republic] has considerably increased within the last 30 years though statistically the urban population has only slightly grown. Urbanisation is seen as a socio-economic process, as a stage-by-stage transition from the rural to the urban way of life. The socialist changes led to a spread and consolidation of the urban way of life. With the population trend stagnant, there are long-term regional concentration processes apparent, marked by the further development and a more equal distribution of large and medium towns."  (SUMMARY IN  ENG, RUS)
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morgenstern
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rohr
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D005859:Germany, East; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Demographic Factors; Eastern Europe; Economic Factors; Europe; Geographic Factors; German Democratic Republic; Population; Population Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization