title: The Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography:  urban restructuring from a demographic perspective.
abstract: "The central argument of this paper is that recent research has overemphasized the notions of urban restructuring and undervalued the role of spatial demographics in understanding urban and [regional] spatial patterns. The paper examines the notions embedded in urban restructuring and suggests that a focus on several elements of demographic processes is an equally important component of understanding urban and [regional] spatial structure.  A specific discussion of the Los Angeles region indicates that there is a high level of complexity in social-spatial change.  Social-spatial change is not simply explained by reference to an unspecified urban restructuring."
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002140:California; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D005843:Geography; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Americas; California; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Social Change; Spatial Distribution; United States; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization