title: Spatial dynamics and metropolitan change.
abstract: "This special issue presents contributions to a collaborative effort to analyze 'the dynamics of metropolitan processes and policies'....[It] contains four papers which focus on industrial change and economic restructuring; two papers deal with population relocation and migration processes; one paper contains a study of economic cycles in space and one paper treats the assessment of urban investment and urban renewal projects."  The geographic focus is on the developed countries.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schweizer
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Isard
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007221:Industry; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Industry--changes; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Urban Population