The Long Island Sound Region: An Economic Perspective (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Long Island Sound Region: An Economic Perspective National population growth is determined primarily by the excess of births over deaths, although some immigration from abroad does occur. Govern mental policies and programs have little influence on growth at this level except to the extent that governmental policy may either constrain or assist individuals as they make their own decisions on birth control. Natural increase (excess of births over deaths) is also significant on a regional level, but net migration plays a more important role compared to migration on a national level. People move from one region to another partly because of economic conditions. They move to find a new or better job, to go to school, or to retire in a pleasant community. Governmental programs and policies could influence these movers by providing the economic climate and incentives that influence industrial location decisions and thereby deter mine job Opportunities. Population growth in local areas, such as specific parts of the Long Island region, is determined by natural increase and net migration patterns. Locally, however, many people may move to a new residence in the next community or county, but continue to commute to the same job. Governmental programs and policies have had, and probably will continue to have, a profound effect on population growth of local areas. All levels of government, in some way, in fluence the availability and cost of housing, transportation, public services, recreation Opportunities, and amenities the factors that directly influence if, when, and where people will move. This report presents national, regional, and local area baseline pro jactions of population to assist planners in dealing with these issues. Much of the immediate study area is linked to the regional trends for the New York metropolitan area. Through proximity and existing economic linkages, New York is related to the evolving constellation of urban regions called the Atlantic Seaboard metropolitan belt. Even with a low birth rate, more than one - fifth of the nation's population will probably reside in this urban belt by the year 2000. The long Island Region including New York City will grow in the future, but at a rate slower than this larger metro politan belt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.