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Rural-urban migration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The movement of people from rural communities into cities is considered to be the main cause of urban growth, especially in developing countries. In cities of the developed world in-migration is another important factor causing city growth. The fact that many immigrants settle in impoverished city centres led to the notion of the "peripherilazation of the core", which simply describes that people who used to be at the periphery of the former empires now live right in the centre. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rural_Migration   (416 words)

College graduates chase jobs, culture to big cities The 21 cities were chosen because of their size and location to provide regional balance. Cities such as Newark, N.J.; Detroit and Cleveland have relatively few college graduates, which helps explain why they are struggling to recover from the decline of U.S. manufacturing, Vedder said. Cities that want to increase their pool of skilled labor need to foster an environment that welcomes outsiders, including immigrants and people from elsewhere in the U.S., said Richard Florida, professor of public policy at George Mason University. www.azcentral.com /families/articles/0410EducatedCities10-ON.html   (998 words)

Systematization (Romania) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The skyline of many cities became dominated by standardized apartment blocks, like this row in Bucharest. Respecting neither traditional rural values nor a positive ethic of urbanism, systematization is now almost universally agreed to have been a disaster for Romania and a major contributing factor to the uncommonly violent fall of the Ceauşescu regime during the uprisings of 1989. For some years, rural Romanians had been flocking to the cities. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Systematization_(Romania)   (667 words)

The City of God Cities of old were often nations in themselves, and most had walls and were self-sufficient. Cities became centers of power and their governments ruled the surrounding areas of land in which they were located. The city of God is described in Revelation 21:10-23, and those who will occupy it are “the nations of them which are saved,” and these “shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. www.dawnbible.com /1999/9901-hl.htm   (2257 words)

Business: Cities attract college grads Though many of the largest cities have lost population in the past three decades, nearly all have added college graduates, the Associated Press found. Among the 70 largest U.S. cities, Tampa ranks 27th and St. Petersburg 37th based on the percentage of residents 25 and older with at least a bachelor's degree. That ranking puts the Tampa Bay area in the middle of the pack of educated cities, but in a stronger position than many Northern cities that are losing their best and brightest to Sunbelt opportunities. www.sptimes.com /2006/04/10/Business/Cities_attract_colleg.shtml   (831 words)

College grads flock to big cities - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review More college graduates than ever are flocking to America's big cities, chasing jobs and culture and driving up home prices. They also spell trouble for some cities, especially those in the Northeast and Midwest, that have fallen behind places in the South and West in attracting highly educated workers. Seattle was the best-educated city in 2004, with just more than half the adults with bachelor's degrees. www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/national/s_442394.html   (638 words)

ReVista - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies The rapid growth of medium-sized cities is causing housing shortages and adversely affecting the environment. The traditional migration from countryside to city to find better work opportunities is giving rise to steady movements of populations in which the migrants come and go from the cities and countryside with more frequency and freedom. The countryside and the city are constantly interacting and changing each other, creating urban-tinged spaces within the countryside, while families socialize and attend to their animals in rural-style migrant areas of Lima. drclas.fas.harvard.edu /revista/?issue_id=16&article_id=206   (2430 words)

PBS : Empires : Queen Victoria : The Changing Empire : Experts: Berg But really, from the 1830s, the change that was really apparent, really obvious to people, was that was the time when it was really just starting to take off. But large cities, large industrial cities, are fairly a new phenomenon for the period. A: In the 1830s...there had been a really substantial expansion in city sizes by this time. www.pbs.org /empires/victoria/empire/experts.html   (878 words)

The Fairfield Mirror - Big City Dreams With diplomas in hand, college grads across the nation are flocking to big cities in pursuit of glamorous jobs and an exciting culture. Almost all of America's big cities have increased their population of college graduates over the past 30 years, even though most of their overall populations have decreased, according to a study by the Associated Press. Cities with educated adults generate high-paying jobs, which in turn attract more degree-holding adults to contribute to a city's well-being, Richard Vedder an economics professor at Ohio University, told the Associated Press. www.fairfieldmirror.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=9649de8e-d1f0-40df-995f-c02a9d60cadc   (496 words)

Big U.S. cities attract college graduates Though many of the largest cities have seen shrinking populations in the past three decades, nearly all have added college graduates, an analysis by The Associated Press found. But they also spell trouble for some cities, especially those in the Northeast and Midwest, which have fallen behind the South and West in attracting highly educated workers. Seattle was the best-educated city in 2004, with just more than half the adults having bachelor’s degrees. www.showmenews.com /2006/Apr/20060411Busi014.asp   (548 words)

Speeches September 2004 - Cities: Cultural and Environmental Diversity - United Nations Environment Programme Because cities have such major and growing environmental impact at the national, regional and global level, UNEP is working increasingly closely with its partners throughout the UN system, including cities and their representative organizations, to address urban environment and development issues. Creating sustainable cities is a particularly important challenge for the developing world, where people are flocking to cities in unprecedented numbers. The programme is supporting 50 cities worldwide to improve their environmental planning and management capacity, and has created a global network that is sharing lessons learned with local and national governments. www.unep.org /documents.multilingual/default.print.asp?DocumentID=406&ArticleID=4585&l=en   (969 words)

The Montana Standard - Butte, Montana USA They are flocking to “faux cities” — meaning artificial cities —because they find that real cities are too grim and gritty for their taste. Grimly, they do have real Dumpsters in faux cities, but they are well out of sight, do not sport graffiti and do not overflow with “gobbitch,” as they pronounce it in New York, the realest city of all. What happened was that Phillips found herself in a hurry to get someplace (something not allowed in faux cities), so she jumped into a taxicab and gave the driver the address. www.mtstandard.com /articles/2006/06/19/newsopinion_top/20060619_newsopinion_top.txt   (1074 words)

Habitat Unit 5: Text   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) So much is said about problems in cities that the word 'urban' almost automatically evokes a vision of blights: run-down neighborhoods, slums, throngs of people overcrowding the streets, traffic, noise and pollution, crime and violence... Many cities have shown that the urban environment can provide a healthy, stimulating setting for human development, that serious problems can be overcome -- unit 6 will provide some examples of this. As people move to cities more housing is required and cities are often unable to meet the demand. www.un.org /Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/habitat/units/un05txt.asp   (428 words)

New Wave of the Homeless Floods Cities' Shelters Pam Belluck / New York Times 18dec01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The report said the increases were 26 percent in Trenton; 25 percent in Kansas City, Mo.; 22 percent in Chicago; 20 percent in Denver; and 20 percent in New Orleans. In New York, Boston and several other cities, homelessness is at record levels, a consequence of a faltering economy that has crumbled even further as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks. The report said the increases were 26 percent in Trenton, N.J.; 25 percent in Kansas City, Mo.; 22 percent in Chicago; 20 percent in Denver; and 20 percent in New Orleans. www.mindfully.org /Reform/Homeless-Floods.htm   (2209 words)

AP analysis: College graduates chase jobs, culture to big cities (phillyBurbs.com) | Pennsylvania News Seattle was the best-educated city in 2004 with just over half the adults with bachelor's degrees. It works for some cities, in part because unmarried college graduates are the most mobile demographic group, according to census data. But cities need good schools to keep people from fleeing to the suburbs once they become parents, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington. www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-04112006-639298.html   (1140 words)

AxisofLogic/ News - Americas Greg Svelund, city spokesman in Gilbert, said many new residents are coming from higher-priced communities in California. The newest addition to the city south of Fort Lauderdale is the 54-acre Town Center, which houses government offices. In San Francisco and Boston, which saw population booms in the 90s, Lang said the high-tech bust was a major factor in the declines since 2000. www.axisoflogic.com /cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=133&num=18896   (639 words)

Brain gain: College grads flood cities WASHINGTON -- College graduates are flocking to America's big cities, chasing jobs and culture and driving up home prices. Though many of the largest cities have lost population in the last three decades, nearly all have added college graduates, an analysis found. In the 10 biggest U.S. cities, the percentage of residents 25 and older with at least a bachelor's degree, and the percentage with at least a high school diploma, in 2004. www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-ed11.html   (394 words)

Graduates prefer cities for jobs, culture - Boston.com College graduates are flocking to America's big cities, chasing jobs and culture and driving up home prices. Wankel, 51, who has a doctorate in educational administration, said she moved to the Washington area for a job, and the culture of the city pulled her from the suburbs. WASHINGTON --College graduates are flocking to America's big cities, chasing jobs and culture and driving up home prices. www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/04/10/college_grads_seek_jobs_culture_in_cities   (1027 words)

Exploding Cities - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site Some estimate that people are flocking to cities at the staggering rate of more than a million a week! Experts also say that rapidly expanding city populations are having a devastating effect on cities around the world. And that includes cities in the prosperous industrialized world. www.watchtower.org /library/g/2001/4/8/article_01.htm   (224 words)

CITY SLICK GRADS By NEIL GRAVES - New York Post Online Edition: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) April 11, 2006 -- College grads are flocking to big cities in increasing numbers, chasing after jobs and fighting for the limited housing. An Associated Press study showed that Seattle and San Francisco have the highest percentage of college grads, with 51 percent of their adult populations 25 and over having obtained degrees. But cities with a lot of college graduates also find themselves having to confront the most expensive housing. www.nypost.com /news/nationalnews/66818.htm   (302 words)

seMissourian.com: Story: Census bureau reports fastest-growing cities The numbers show new residents flocking to midsize cities in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California. San Francisco and Boston found themselves among the cities losing the most people between April 2000 and July 2004. Older, industrial cities in the Northeast and Midwest continue to lose residents. www.semissourian.com /story/1107848.html   (684 words)

Grad tidings for Seattle and other big cities Seattle, a new analysis shows, is on the top of the educated citizen heap, and last month passed $400,000 mark in median home prices, compared with a national average of $151,000. The findings, based on an Associated Press review of more than three decades of education data for the largest cities, offer hope for urban areas, many of which have spent decades struggling with financial problems, job losses and high poverty rates. The high cost of living may deter some professionals from moving to the city, some experts said. seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/266226_educatedcities11.html   (1139 words)

Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists And the truth is that in the great struggle between cities and suburbs, raging now for a century or more, the verdict is finally in: Cities lost. There are lots of obvious reasons for the cities' decline -- the decentralizing effects of telecommunications, the loss of manufacturing jobs, the inconveniences of public transit -- but Kotkin is more appalled by the steps urban planners take in hopes of reversing the decline. What's to happen to those ``hip and cool'' city- lovers who, over the next generation, may be pulled to the suburbs by professional necessity, as the social and economic center of gravity continues to shift? www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000039&sid=aMkYVEQ5Udms&refer=columnist_ferguson   (961 words)

kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » The language reality The cities are more Russian speaking that the countryside as the remaining non-Kazakhs make up a proportionately higher percentage in cities than outside larger centres. Like in most parts of the world where people have the freedom of mobility people are flocking to the cities. As the city is so new and most embassies have yet to even transfer to Astana it’s still early to make a judgement on how the city will evolve. kazakhstan.neweurasia.net /?p=109   (837 words)

The Times-Tribune - Allure of cities a clue for state An analysis of 2004 updated census data by The Associated Press has found that college-educated young people have been flocking to America’s largest cities in search of jobs and culture, bringing with them the prospects of urban revitalization for many cities. Therein is a clue for the state government, in that Pennsylvania largely is excluded from the trend. It is the only Northeastern city to place among the top 20, nationally, in percentage of populace with college degrees — 41 percent. thetimes-tribune.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16466571&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6   (392 words)

cbs5.com - Of America's Most Educated Cities, S.F. Is Second CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports: Of America's Most Educated Cities, S.F. Is Second "The largest predictor of economic well-being in cities is the percent of college graduates," said Ned Hill, professor of Molly Wankel, who has a doctorate in educational administration, said she moved to the Washington D.C. area for a job, and the culture of the city pulled her from the suburbs. cbs5.com /local/local_story_100154320.html   (1021 words)

WVA News: Florida Has One of the Fastest-Growing Cities in the U.S. - - The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register Overall for the past four years, the census numbers show new residents flocking to midsize cities in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California. Although there is not one specific reason for such resident loss, these cities do not attract new residents through immigration, said Robert Land, demographer and director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Teach in Alexandria, Va. He said each day 45 people - young and old - move to the city and 42 percent of them are coming from the booming cities to the south, where housing prices have become exorbitant for many. www.oweb.com /news/story/0630202005_new03.asp   (772 words)

Experiences of a volunteer at a school for migrant workers' children As China's cities continue to develop and grow, millions of impoverished rural dwellers are flocking to the cities in search of work, often bringing their children with them. These migrant families are not official city residents and therefore either don't qualify to send their children to local state schools or else cannot afford the fees for books and equipment at such schools. In their childish way, they would tell me all their news, what the current nicknames of teachers and classmates were, or their complaints about their other teachers. www.amityfoundation.org /page.php?page=1648   (1280 words)

UNIS/Press Release United Nations Information Services (Bangkok) - Mayors from 50 Asian cities have been told that poverty could soon overwhelm Asia's cities and towns unless the urban poor are given a greater role to play in the economy and allowed to share in the benefits of urban development. The urbanization of poverty is largely a result of Asia's rural poor flocking to the cities in increasing numbers in search of better paying work. A news conference to discuss common problems faced by Asia's cities is scheduled for Tuesday, 9 July at 13:30 hours at the Theatre, United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok. www.unescap.org /unis/press/2002/jul/n_11_02.htm   (295 words)

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