Contemporary Research in Population Geography: A Comparison of the United Kingdom and The Netherlands (GeoJournal Library, 14)

Significant changes have occured in the structural composition and geographical distribu­ tion of the populations of North West European countries during the 1970's and 1980's. Whilst the subject matter of this volume reflects many of the important themes of research activity that have preoccupied British and Dutch spatial demographers and population geographers over the last decade, the structure of the book aims to facilitate comparison of those selected themes between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The book has gradually taken shape over the period of time since the conference in Oxford, in 1986, when the contents were first presented. We are very grateful for the assistance that we have received during the production process from Marjie Salisbury, Tim Hadwin and John Dixon at the School of Geography, University of Leeds; from Annemieke Perquin at the National Physical Planning Agency in The Hague; and from Evert Meijer, Elmy Heuvelmans and Berry van Houten at GEODAN in Amsterdam. We also wish to acknowledge the contributions to the field of population geography that have been made in recent years by John Coward, who died so tragically in the Ke gworth air disaster earlier this year. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Comparative Research, Selected Themes and Data Characteristics....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Population Projection: Dutch and English Multiregional Methods....Pages 19-37 The Components of Natural Change....Pages 39-62 Internal Migration....Pages 63-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Labour Migration....Pages 89-115 Racism and International Migration....Pages 117-127 Migration of the Elderly....Pages 129-143 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Demographic Change, Household Evolution and Housing Needs....Pages 147-171 Residential Mobility....Pages 173-196 The Housing Market as a Source of Urban Demographic and Social Change: The Impact of Flat Break-Ups in London and Condominium Conversion in the Netherlands....Pages 197-210 1983, 1986, .......Pages 211-213 Back Matter....Pages 215-233