Abstract
ABSTRACT The Pennsylvania anthracite region is experiencing increasing economic and social dislocations as a result of continuing decline of its coal mining industry. These dislocations differ greatly in severity among individual communities, but areal patterns are discernible in their local intensities. Moreover, there is a high degree of spatial correlation between the areal patterns of individual types of dislocations, which permits subdivision of the anthracite region into discrete units of major and lesser overall impact. The present extent and status of these areal units is closely associated with the earlier occupational structures of their component towns. Specifically, dislocational impact is in major part a function of the degree of initial dependence on mining, and an inverse function of initial dependence on service and trade occupations. These facts and conclusions not only contribute to corpus geographiae but also have important ramifications for area redevelopers concerned with revitalizing...
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