title: Characteristics and trends of urbanization in a developed Socialist society.
abstract: This is a philosophical analysis of the concept of urbanization in the contemporary Marxist setting from the geographical and sociological points of view.  "The centripetal forces that used to concentrate industry in cities are said to be yielding to opposed centrifugal forces resulting from a combination of technological, ecological and economic processes.  The new centrifugal trend has the effect of helping to restrain the growth of very large cities, a Soviet policy goal, and of giving rise to urban agglomerations."  The benefits of the decentralization of urbanization are elaborated.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Litovka
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Mezhevich
mesh_terms: D003148:Communism; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D010684:Philosophy; D011056:Political Systems; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012950:Socialism; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Geographic Factors; Marxism; Migration; Migration, Internal; Philosophical Overview; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Socialism; Spatial Distribution; Turnaround Migration; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Ussr