The Nature and Role of Urban Places in the Southern Highlands.

Autor/inn/en	Reiman, Robert E.; Lovingood, Paul E., Jr.
Titel	The Nature and Role of Urban Places in the Southern Highlands.
Quelle	(1989), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Appalachian Studies; Business; College Graduates; Colleges; Employment Opportunities; Geographic Distribution; Health Services; Hospitals; Income; Municipalities; Population Distribution; Rural Urban Differences; Urbanization; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Einkommen; Magistrat; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; USA
Abstract	The major towns and cities of the Southern Highlands are sometimes not categorized as "Appalachian," yet they have considerable impact on the character of the region. This study examines the distribution of selected human activities and quality of life variables in 156 counties in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. In 1980, 17 of these counties had urban population proportions over 50%, 19 had urban proportions of 25-50%, and 57 were totally rural. High concentrations of urban population were generally found in the Piedmont, the Great Valley of Tennessee and Virginia, the Kanawha and Ohio River Valleys, and the Asheville basin. Major urban areas exhibited the highest housing values and per capita income, and highest numbers of colleges, college graduates, hospitals and medical services, employment opportunities, and other services. Part of the magnitude of these urban differences can be explained simply by population size differences. However, many rural-urban differences are much stronger than expected, mainly because each urban node has its own hinterland of rural areas that it serves. It would be expected that new urban nodes would form with the advent of new and better highways, but this has not been the case. Rather, rural dwellers with greater mobility have increased their interaction with the larger urban service centers. Perhaps the Southern Highlands is becoming a "rurban" region, an area that appears to be rural but depends heavily on its urban infrastructure. Twenty maps illustrate statistical data. (SV)
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