counterurbanization

Examples of counterurbanization in the following topics:

• Shrinking Cities and Counter-Urbanization

  • Counterurbanization is movement away from cities, including suburbanization, exurbanization, or movement to rural areas.
  • In fact, counterurbanization appears most common among the middle and upper classes who can afford to buy their own homes.
  • The history of counterurbanization calls into question depictions of urbanization as a one-way process.
  • Whatever its causes, counterurbanization has had serious effects on cities.
  • As a result of counterurbanization, some cities are now losing population.

• The Process of Urbanization

  • Recently in developed countries, sociologists have observed suburbanization and counterurbanization, or movement away from cities.
  • In fact, counterurbanization appears most common among the middle and upper classes who can afford to buy their own homes.
  • Around 1990, another trend emerged known as counterurbanization, or "exurbanization".

• The Rural Rebound

  • Sociologists have posited many explanations for counterurbanization, but one of the most debated is whether suburbanization is driven by white flight.