Download or read book The Importance of Anti Urbanism in Determining Residential Preferences and Migration Patterns written by L.G. Blackwood and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preferences for living in less populated areas, when associated with expressed concern for population size, is taken as a measure of anti urbanism. the usefulness of this interpretation is evaluated. expressed concern for population size was found to be more strongly related to size of place preferences than other community attributes, suggesting that size of place preferences than other community attributes, suggesting that size is not merely a proxy for the importance of these other community attributes. anti urbanism was also found to be strongly related to the potential for migration among current residents of large cities, and imposing proximity conditionals showed anti urbanism to be most important in determining preferences for more spatially isolated small towns. demographic characteristics did not distinguish anti urbanists from others, but anti urbanists did show a more generally positive evaluation of the ability of small towns to offer the best in terms of services and amenities.