The Hinterland's Stake in Metropolitan Growth: Evidence from Selected Southern Regions
研究了美国南方功能经济区内城市核心区与边缘区对农村腹地的溢出和回波效应，发现城市分散化模式下的农村人口和就业增长更快。
In this article we extend the Carlino and Mills and Boarnet models of local development to test for the presence and direction of rural area linkages to urban areas in Functional Economic Areas (FEAs). In a sample of southern FEAs, we detect a mix of spillover and backwash effects from urban core and fringe areas to their rural hinterlands. Rural‐area population and employment both grew faster than average between 1980 and 1990 if in an FEA with a pattern of urban decentralization.