《The reorientation of migratory flows in the city-region. The case of Mexico City in the Central Region》

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EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES,Vol.44,Issue133,P.135-159
语言
英文
关键字
regional and local development; migration; metropolization; MEGALOPOLIS; METROPOLIS
作者单位
[Aguilar, Adrian-Guillermo; Hernandez-Lozano, Josefina] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico. Aguilar, AG (reprint author), Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico.
摘要
The city-region is identified as a new and dominant form of urbanization, which -in most cases-consists of a large city with other smaller surrounding urban centers. In the analysis of city-regions there has been a bias towards the economic performance of the larger city, resulting in a scarce number of studies regarding the population redistribution and the reorientation of migration flows for the city-region as a whole. Based on census data, this study analyzes the reorientation of migration flows at the interior of the Central Region of Mexico for the period 2000-2015, emphasizing the role of Mexico City as the dominant center. Particular attention is given to net migration balances between metropolitan areas, middle-sized cities, small cities, and rural areas. The analysis demonstrates that whereas rural-urban migration has lost relevance, metropolitan-to-metropolitan and urban-to-metropolitan migration flows are now the most important.