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Jennifer Robinson
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Allen J. Scott
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Peter J. Taylor
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YOU?
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· 2016
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45180-0_4
· OA: W4249887915
YOU?
·
· 2016
· Open Access
·
· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45180-0_4
· OA: W4249887915
The expansion of urban economies has been accompanied by constant migration of people to cities in search of opportunities for work and livelihood, as discussed in the previous chapter. There are other reasons for living in cities such as seeking refuge from conflict, or being forced to move there when livelihood elsewhere is threatened. Urban dwellers' children add to the numbers as well, so underlying high or low natural birth and death rates can set a baseline of rapid urban growth or generate a tendency for settlements to decline.
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