title: Counterurbanization:  spatial division of labour and regional life-cycles in Canada.
abstract: "After a discussion of major concepts of counterurbanization, a narrow definition is proposed.  Various demographic and socio-economic dimensions are analysed at different scales with special regard to the Canadian heartland.  The basic hypothesis suggests a temporary weakening of urban growth dynamics:  decentralization, thus, is a result of locational adjustment strategies, emerging during revolutions in basic technology.  The corresponding 'filtering down' processes create a selective, interregional spread of labour.  However, shift analytical time series indicate that the development capacity of core regions oscillates in a life-cyclical rhythm.  Counterurbanization is expected to fade out with regional adjustment to basic technological transformation."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D009656:North America; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Americas; Canada; Decentralization; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Research; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Life Cycle; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Spatial Distribution; Turnaround Migration