Internal Migration: Geographical Perspectives and Processes (International Population Studies)

Over the last two decades there have been numerous profound changes in UK society which have had an impact on the scale, geographies, meaning and experiences of internal migration. Providing a critical appraisal of migration scholarship from the perspective of Geography, reviewing theory, substantive foci and method, this book demonstrates how sub-national migration in the UK gives rise to and reflects new patterns of population, housing, economies and cultures. Each chapter is written by a Population Geographer together with a scholar representing another Human Geography sub-discipline thus providing a cross-disciplinary perspective on a specific aspect of migration. Critically reviewing and setting an agenda for internal migration scholarship from a spatial perspective, this book will be of interest to academics and students of Geography and other disciplines concerned with migration, both within the UK and further afield.

Darren P. Smith is Professor of Geography at Loughborough University, UK, Nissa Finney is Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK, Keith Halfacree is Reader in the Department of Geography at Swansea University, UK and Nigel Walford is Professor of Applied GIS at Kingston University, UK.