Theories of Urban Dynamics

Table 1

Schematic evolution of the dynamics of urban-rural growth.

	Until 1970	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000–2010
Urban	+	−	+	−	+
Rural	−	+	−	+	−
	Urbanization	Nonmetropolitan turnaround	Turnaround reversal	Rural rebound	Rural rebound reversal

Source: own model, based on historical references in North American literature, identifying urban and rural as metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.