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Use of the population potential model for predicting the growth of cities in a region (with reference to Moscow
Soviet Geography
|February 1, 1986
Abstract:
"A modification of the population potential model is used to analyze the structure of the potential of population for cities of the Moscow region, to develop a relationship between population potential and city size, and to use this procedure to forecast future population change in Moscow Oblast cities." Cities in the region with a population of 50,000 or more at the censuses of 1959, 1970, and 1979 are included.
Keywords:
Comparative StudiesDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesEconomic ConditionsEconomic FactorsEstimation TechnicsGeographic FactorsMacroeconomic FactorsModels, TheoreticalPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation ForecastPopulation Growth EstimationPopulation ProjectionResearch MethodologySpatial DistributionUrban Population--changesUrban Spatial Distribution--changesUssr