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The Hinterland's Stake in Metropolitan Growth: Evidence from Selected Southern Regions
Author(s) -
Henry Mark S.,
Barkley David L.,
Bao Shuming
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/0022-4146.00065
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , decentralization , spillover effect , economic geography , geography , sample (material) , regional science , rural area , population , economics , political science , demography , archaeology , sociology , chemistry , chromatography , law , market economy , microeconomics
In this article we extend the Carlino and Mills and Boarnet models of local development to test for the presence and direction of rural area linkages to urban areas in Functional Economic Areas (FEAs). In a sample of southern FEAs, we detect a mix of spillover and backwash effects from urban core and fringe areas to their rural hinterlands. Rural‐area population and employment both grew faster than average between 1980 and 1990 if in an FEA with a pattern of urban decentralization.