title: Metropolitan population change in Russia and the Former Soviet Union, 1897-1997.
abstract: The author "assesses metropolitan population trends in Russia and the FSU [Former Soviet Union] over the period 1897-1997, focusing on the most recent period 1970-1997. The paper also examines internal population shifts within metropolitan areas--defined as an area of over one million in population consisting of a central city plus other urban centers of over 15,000 [people] within a 50-mile radius. Metropolitan processes in Russia and the FSU are compared with those in other major world metropolitan areas...."
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Rowland
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012426:Russia; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Europe; Geographic Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Russia; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Ussr