1st Edition
Internal Migration in the Developed World Are we becoming less mobile?
Part 1: Setting the Scene
1. Introduction: A More Mobile World, or Not?
Tony Champion, Thomas Cooke and Ian Shuttleworth
2. Understanding the Drivers of Internal Migration
Anne Green
3. Studying Internal Migration in a Cross-National Context
John Stillwell, Martin Bell and Ian Shuttleworth
4. Global Trends in Internal Migration
Martin Bell, Elin Charles-Edwards, Aude Bernard and Philipp Ueffing
Part 2: In-Depth Country Analyses
5. United States: Cohort Effects on the Long-Term Decline in Migration
Thomas Cooke
6. United Kingdom: Temporal Change in Internal Migration
Nik Lomax and John Stillwell
7. Australia: The Long-Run Decline in Internal Migration Intensities
Martin Bell, Tom Wilson, Elin Charles-Edwards and Philipp Ueffing
8. Japan: Internal Migration Trends and Processes since the 1950s
Tony Fielding
9. Sweden: Internal Migration in a High-Mobility Nordic Country
Ian Shuttleworth, John Östh and Thomas Niedomysl
10. Germany: Internal Migration within a Changing Nation
Nikola Sander
11. Italy: Internal Migration in a Low-Mobility Country
Corrado Bonifazi, Frank Heins and Enrico Tucci
Part 3: Commentary and Synthesis
12. Internal Migration: What Does the Future Hold?
William H. Frey
13. Sedentary No Longer Seems Apposite: Internal Migration in an Era of Mobilities
Keith Halfacree
14. Conclusions and Reflections
Tony Champion, Ian Shuttleworth and Thomas Cooke
Biography
Tony Champion is Emeritus Professor of Population Geography at Newcastle University UK. His research interests include migration and its impact on population distribution in the Developed World, with particular reference to counter-urbanisation and city resurgence. He was President of the British Society for Population Studies in 2013-2015.
Thomas Cooke is a population and urban geographer and Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Connecticut, USA. His research focuses on internal migration decline in the United States, the spatial distribution of metropolitan poverty and the family dimension of migration behaviour. He is currently an Editor of Urban Geography.
Ian Shuttleworth is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. His research interests include migration, labour market mobility, and social segregation. He also has an interest in divided societies with a special focus on Northern Ireland. He is currently director of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study Research Support Unit.
