title: The dynamics or urban demographic change in Malaysia: an analysis of the 1991 population census.
abstract: "This paper examines how and to what extent the three demographic components of urban change, urban reclassification, natural increase and net migration, operated in Malaysia between 1980 and 1991.... Since there is a spatial dimension to urban demographic changes, another emphasis of the paper is to differentiate the areal patterns of such changes. The analysis is conducted at both the national level and sub-national levels." Data are from the Malaysian Department of Statistics. The author finds that "the important role of natural increase in urban population change is remarkable considering that a rapid fertility transition had been unfolding in Malaysia up to the mid-1970s."
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D008296:Malaysia; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; Malaysia; Migration; Migration, Internal; Natural Increase; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Rural-urban Migration; Southeastern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization