Why Did The Population Of Glasgow Decline?

Glasgow city is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom, the people from Glasgow are all known as 'Glaswegians'. This city was also known as the "Second City of the British Empire" during the Victorian era. During the decline of the 19th century the population of Glasgow shot up to one million. However the population of Glasgow started to decline as the plans of relocating the people to new towns was carried out on a very large scale. These people were shifted to the towns of East Kilbride and Cumbernauld. According to the 2001 census the current population of is around 586,000 and the metropolitan population of Glasgow is around 1,168,300. Although the population of Glasgow could have been more than this but due to the process of relocating people it hasn't increased.

As an adjustment to the above. People in Glasgow were not really 'shifted'. After the Second World War, the city centre itself where most people resided was really damaged. The new housing which was built (mainly tower blocks) lacked sufficient public and community resources. New Towns (East Kilbride being the oldest, celebrating its 60th in 2007) had a lot more community resources such as parks, schools and community care. People realised this and moved out of the centre of town to a better quality of housing and areas for their families.
The city centre of Glasgow is currently undergoing some major regeneration with quality apartments being built along the riverside, and extensive new builds for the Commonwealth Games.