Tony Champion is Emeritus Professor of Population Geography and Mike Coombes is Professor of Geographic Information at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where the study was undertaken with the technical support of Colin Wymer and Simon Raybould.

• Introduction; Urban population recovery: the statistical evidence; The within-UK migration exchanges of the 27 larger cities; The longer-distance movement of human capital; Population movement within the city region; Conclusions and implications.

Tony Champion is Emeritus Professor of Population Geography and Mike Coombes is Professor of Geographic Information at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where the study was undertaken with the technical support of Colin Wymer and Simon Raybould.

• Introduction; Urban population recovery: the statistical evidence; The within-UK migration exchanges of the 27 larger cities; The longer-distance movement of human capital; Population movement within the city region; Conclusions and implications.

Tony Champion is Emeritus Professor of Population Geography and Mike Coombes is Professor of Geographic Information at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where the study was undertaken with the technical support of Colin Wymer and Simon Raybould.

• Introduction; Urban population recovery: the statistical evidence; The within-UK migration exchanges of the 27 larger cities; The longer-distance movement of human capital; Population movement within the city region; Conclusions and implications.