The purpose of this book is to examine the scale and significance of the local dimensions of these developments and the implications for central government complementing the existing literature, which focuses almost entirely on the overall national picture.

Introduction - Tony Champion Key Population Developments and their Local Impacts Population Pyramids and Shifting Sands - Keith Dugmore Targeting Future Investments to Give the Changing British Public Their Just Deserts Migration, Places and Quality of Life - Allan Findlay and Robert Rogerson People Voting With Their Feet? The Demographic Component of Local Government Finance - Robert J. Bennett and Gunther Krebs Impacts On Resources, Needs and Budgets Population Change and Education: Schools Rolls and Rationalisation Before and After the 1988 Education Reform Act - Michael Bradford Fall-Out from the Demographic Time-Bomb - Anne Green and David Owen A Spatial Perspective On the Labour Force Effects of the “Baby-Bust” Demography and House-Building Needs - Dave King A Critique of the “Demographic Bulldozer” Scenario Going Into a Home - Anne Corden and Ken Wright Where Can an Elderly Person Choose? Healthy Indications? Applications of Census Data In Health Care Planning - John Mahon Making Waves? The Contribution of Ethnic Minorities to Local Demography - Vaughan Robinson