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ability to afford leisure time activities removed from 

 their place of residence. The pressure 1s likely to fall 

 on public areas 1n the coastal -estuarlne zone. 

 (3) Low Income: Residents of the central city with low 

 incomes are not able to leave the confines of the central 

 city. Their enjoyment of the coastal -estuarine zone 

 resources 1s tied tightly to the quality of the coastal- 

 estuarine interface within the central city itself. 



FUTURE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION GROWTH 

 IN THE BIOPHYSICAL REGIONS 



Table IV. 4.1 gives a comparative breakdown of population growth 

 rates in the estuarlne economic areas defined by the Office of Business 

 Economics (OBE) compared to national growth. Individual areas 

 showing a population growth rate lower than the Nation's during the 

 1930-1960 period are clustered 1n the North and Middle Atlantic bio- 

 physical regions and include the Maine coast, Massachusetts-Rhode 

 Island coast, New York and Northeast New Jersey coast and the 

 Philadelphia-New Jersey-Delaware areas. These areas, with the 

 possible exception of the Maine coast, are mature areas which 

 experienced an early growth in population and reached a large popu- 

 lation density relatively quickly. They are now growing comparatively 

 slowly. Highest relative growth between 1930 and 1960 (more than 

 100 percent above the national average) took place 1n four areas: 

 Florida, the Mississippi-Alabama-West Florida coast, Texas, and 

 California. These areas are expected to experience extensive 



