title: Underurbanisation and the zero urban growth hypothesis: diverted migration in Albania.
abstract: The author challenges the hypothesis "that the mode of production accounts for the specific forms of urbanisation under socialism and the slow urban growth observed...[and emphasizes instead] the effects of planning in the traditionally organised command economy."  It is suggested that strict migration policy is a pivotal factor in achieving zero urban growth. "A case study focusing on patterns of diverted migration and the growth of non-urban settlements on the outskirts of the Albanian capital, Tirana, illustrates how the proposed explanations may help to re-interpret the particulars of urbanisation under orthodox socialist rule."
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sjoberg
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005843:Geography; D006285:Health Planning; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011056:Political Systems; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D012950:Socialism; D013383:Suburban Population; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Albania; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Geographic Factors; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Migration Policy; Migration, Internal; Organization And Administration; Planning; Policy; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Policy; Social Policy; Socialism; Southern Europe; Spatial Distribution; Suburbanization; Urban Spatial Distribution--changes; Urbanization