title: Sustainability of population growth: a case study of urban settlements in Israel.
abstract: "One of the most sensitive criteria for gauging the degree of socio-economic prosperity of an urban settlement is the ability to sustain stable rates of population growth by attracting newcomers and retaining existing population. The present paper argues that after reaching a particular size (on the average, 20-30,000 residents), urban localities in Israel tend to experience substantial changes in components of their annual population growth. Starting with this inflection point, the growth of settlements gradually becomes less dependent on natural causes (birth and death rates) than on the ability to attract newcomers and retain current residents. On the basis of this conclusion, a strategy of ¿redirecting priorities' to developing the peripheral regions of the country is suggested."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D007557:Israel; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Israel; Mediterranean Countries; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Rural Development; Settlement And Resettlement; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Western Asia