%0 Journal Article %1 fuchs1978postwar %A Fuchs, Roland J. %A Demko, George J. %D 1978 %I American Geographical Society, Wiley %J Geographical Review %K commuting diss geo inthesis spatial %N 2 %P 171-182 %T The Postwar Mobility Transition in Eastern Europe %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/214736 %V 68 %X Zelinsky's mobility transition hypothesis is applied to postwar changes in mobility in Eastern Europe, where commuting has come to substitute for rural-urban migration in converting a rural work force to urban industrial employment. The transition in Eastern Europe has been affected by government policies regarding industrialization, housing, urbanization, and mobility. The growing commuting population has raised problems of labor productivity, physical planning, and transportation. Since commuters are largely young and unskilled male workers, serious social problems have also arisen. The causes, characteristics, and consequences of the mobility transition in Eastern Europe are evidently the result of culture-specific processes that raise questions about the universal applicability and utility of the mobility transition model.

@article{fuchs1978postwar, abstract = {Zelinsky's mobility transition hypothesis is applied to postwar changes in mobility in Eastern Europe, where commuting has come to substitute for rural-urban migration in converting a rural work force to urban industrial employment. The transition in Eastern Europe has been affected by government policies regarding industrialization, housing, urbanization, and mobility. The growing commuting population has raised problems of labor productivity, physical planning, and transportation. Since commuters are largely young and unskilled male workers, serious social problems have also arisen. The causes, characteristics, and consequences of the mobility transition in Eastern Europe are evidently the result of culture-specific processes that raise questions about the universal applicability and utility of the mobility transition model.}, added-at = {2017-02-09T12:34:24.000+0100}, author = {Fuchs, Roland J. and Demko, George J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c405ae2474791b921743c8873148e1ee/becker}, description = {The Postwar Mobility Transition in Eastern Europe on JSTOR}, interhash = {ab6f6ae7779498738881f53b1e10bd17}, intrahash = {c405ae2474791b921743c8873148e1ee}, issn = {00167428}, journal = {Geographical Review}, keywords = {commuting diss geo inthesis spatial}, number = 2, pages = {171-182}, publisher = {[American Geographical Society, Wiley]}, timestamp = {2017-02-09T12:34:58.000+0100}, title = {The Postwar Mobility Transition in Eastern Europe}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/214736}, volume = 68, year = 1978 }