How well does the 'counter-urbanisation story' travel to other countries? the case of Norway

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 642-655

  Grimsrud, Gro Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Counter urbanisation; Longitudinal data; Migration motives; Migration patterns

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COUNTERURBANIZATION; LIFESTYLE; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 80052019353     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.655     Document Type: Article

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