Political Unification and Regional Consequences of German East–West Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12435205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Kontuly (University of Utah, corresponding author), Roland Vogelsang (University of Augsburg), Karl Peter Schön (Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung), Steffen Maretzke (Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-47 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Population Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-3495 • E-ISSN: 1099-1220 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1099-1220(199703)3:1<31::aid-ijpg54>3.3.co;2-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4230798958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1989, with the collapse of Communist political systems, the East to West movement of the European population increased greatly in volume. Also during 1989, the year immediately preceding the unification of Germany, the stable migration systems of both the old Federal Republic of Germany and the former German Democratic Republic were transformed by large East–West German migration flows, and these large flows continued after unification. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the post-unification East to West transfer of the German population on levels of spatial concentration and deconcentration in Eastern and Western Germany. Using 1991 internal migration data, it was found that German East-to-West migration served to deconcentrate regional population in the West, but concentrate population in the East. Regional variations in German East-to-West migration during 1991 can be explained by the availability of employment and housing, a distance-minimisation effect, and the location of relatives and friends. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Archaeology · Communism · Communist state · Democracy · Development economics · East-Central Europe · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · German population · German reunification · Internal migration · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Unification · West germany · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning · Demography · History
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |