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Counterurbanization in South Africa: Measuring migration significance

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Historically there has been an understandable bias toward main‐stream migration, equating dominance with significance. But counterurbanization research has shown that small migration streams can become significant when taken cumulatively. However, due to their inherent diversity it is unrealistic to attempt to analyse all migrants individually. Therefore, a discriminatory principle is needed to distinguish significant migration. The paper explores this concept within the main theoretical paradigms of migration research and develops the hypothesis that migration significance is a property of its larger effect on the specific targeted populations. The paper hypothesizes that migration significance is a property of the resultant divergence from sedentary population growth expectations, in other words, the population stresses placed on a location due to population influx or loss. The definition is then applied to 2001 and 2011 South African census migration data to assess the significance of sub‐stream migration. Históricamente, ha existido un comprensible sesgo hacia la migración convencional, igualando la predominancia con la importancia. Pero la investigación sobre la contraurbanización ha demostrado que las pequeñas corrientes migratorias pueden volverse significativas cuando se consideran de forma acumulativa. Sin embargo, debido a su diversidad inherente, no es realista intentar analizar a todas las personas migrantes de forma individual. Por lo tanto, se necesita un principio de discriminación para distinguir la migración significativa. Este artículo examina este concepto dentro de los principales paradigmas teóricos de la investigación sobre migración y desarrolla la hipótesis de que la importancia de la migración es una propiedad del efecto más grande que tiene sobre las poblaciones objetivo específicas. El documento plantea la hipótesis de que la importancia de la migración es una propiedad de la divergencia que resulta de las expectativas de crecimiento de la población sedentaria o, en otras palabras, de las tensiones en la población en un lugar debido a la afluencia o pérdida de la población. La definición se aplica luego a los datos de migración del censo de Sudáfrica de 2001 y 2011 para evaluar la importancia de los subflujos de migración. 歴史的にみて、優位性(dominance)と有意性(significance)を同一とみなし、メインストリームの移住に偏るという、分かりやすい傾向がある。しかし反都市化研究から、小さい移住ストリームも、累積的にみれば影響力があることが示されている。しかし、移住は本質的に多様であるため、すべての移住を個々に分析しようとすることは非現実的である。そのため、有意性のある移住を識別するには、差別化の原則が必要である。本稿では、この概念を移住研究において主流である理論的パラダイムの範囲内で詳しく検討し、移住の有意性とは、特異的な対象集団に及ぼされる大きな効果の性質であるという仮説を立てる。本稿は、移住の有意性とは、定住者人口の増加の予測から結果的に生じる分岐(divergence)、すなわち、人口流入または人口減少により、ある場所にかかる人口ストレスであると推定する。さらに、その定義を2001年と2011年の南アフリカの国勢調査の移住データに当てはめて、サブストリームの移住の有意性を評価する。

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  • Nicolaas Philippus Geyer, 2018. "Counterurbanization in South Africa: Measuring migration significance," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(1), pages 3-14, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:3-14
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12105
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    1. Jinlong Gao & Zhixuan Wu & Jianglong Chen & Wen Chen, 2020. "Beyond the bid‐rent: Two tales of land use transition in contemporary China," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 1336-1356, September.

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