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The growth of cities has attracted significant attention as it is becoming evident that influential agglomeration forces are strengthening cities’ roles as the drivers of economic growth. A greater population will be living in urban areas than rural regions. Growth in population and migration of people have implications on demographic trends for future urban economic vitality. In light of this background, the chapter seeks to explain the rationale of urban spatial demography in the face of increasing urban challenges as a result of natural population increase and rural to urban migration which is occurring against the background of weak institutional policies. The demographic factors have a substantial impact on development trends of a region. The spatial association between the key demographic variables and urban development trends will be analyzed using the spatial regression models. The chapter notes that it is imperative to consider spatial demography as one of the main challenges for future urban development which will be the consequence of demographic change. The chapter concludes that crucial demographic issues may be analyzed as well as framed by means of spatial approaches. This will be clearer as alterations in the volume, source, as well as form of available demographic data – much of it geocoded – additionally modify the data landscape and eventually the conceptual models and assessment methods utilized by demographers.
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Chirisa, H., Campbell, M. (2021). Spatial Demography as the Shaper of Urban and Regional Planning Under the Impact of Rapid Urbanization. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_96-1
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