Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Part I: UK Internal Migration Patterns 1. Migration: Concepts, Methods and Values 2. Inter-regional Migration 3. A More Detailed Regional, Sub-regional (Country-level) and Occasionally City-level Analysis Part II: UK Internal Migration: Processes and Trends 4. Economic Drivers of Internal Migration 5. Social, Demographic and Political Drivers of Migration 6. Environmental Drivers of Migration 7. The Decision to Migrate 8. Future Migration Trends in the Absence of Environmental Change Part III: UK Internal Migration: Impacts of Environmental Change 9. Impacts of Environmental Change on UK Internal Migration 10. Implications for Policy Conclusion References Index

About the Author

Tony Fielding, Research Professor, University of Sussex, UK

Reviews

‘This landmark book sets new standards in the analysis of internal migration in the UK. With a focus on the “drivers of migration”, knowledge of economic, social, demographic, political, and environmental factors is advanced. Identifying the impacts of environmental change and future trends of migration, the book delivers impressive, original, up-to-date findings of UK internal migration. The book is an essential resource for students, scholars and practitioners grappling with the complexities of emergent and entrenched patterns and processes of migration.’
*Darren P. Smith, Loughborough University, UK*

‘Fielding’s book on contemporary internal migration in Britain comprises a magisterial review of a complex topic. It moves very logically from the description of the migration patterns through discussion of the key drivers onto policy-oriented speculation about future developments in the light of alternative scenarios of economic, social and environmental change. The author has a refreshingly direct and authoritative style that puts his own personal stamp on the book, making for a compelling but also thought-provoking read.’
*Tony Champion, Newcastle University, UK*

‘Fielding provides us with a fascinating, authoritative and up-to-date picture of internal migration in the UK, together with a masterful synthesis of the explanations that underpin the spatial patterns of migration at regional and sub-regional scales. He exposes some of the paradoxes apparent in historical migration behaviour and he also speculates creatively on what might be the impacts of environmental vis à vis socio-economic drivers on internal migration in the future under different scenarios.’
*John Stillwell, University of Leeds, UK*