International migration, uneven regional development and polarization

Williams, AM (2009) International migration, uneven regional development and polarization European Urban and Regional Studies, 16 (3). pp. 309-322.

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Abstract

This article explores four aspects of the underdeveloped conceptualization of the role of international migration in uneven regional development and polarization in cities. First, it emphasizes the way in which human mobility transfers not only human capital but also knowledge and material capital, and that these are interrelated. Second, it considers how changes in the nature of mobility have implications for uneven regional development. Third, it develops the concept of enfolded mobilities, as a way of understanding how individual migrations are directly enfolded with those of other individuals, either through associated or contingent movements, or through consequential migration at later stages in the life course. Finally, it discusses how governance impinges on and mediates the key relationships between mobility and uneven regional development.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions :	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Surrey Business School
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Williams, AM
Date :	2009
DOI :	10.1177/0969776409104695
Additional Information :	Published in European Urban and Regional Studies, 16 (3) 2009. Copyright 2009 Sage Publications.
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	03 Feb 2012 17:16
Last Modified :	31 Oct 2017 14:17
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/59942

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