Do citizens in Spanish municipalities have the same perception of the solution to depopulation? Influence of population size

《Do citizens in Spanish municipalities have the same perception of the solution to depopulation? Influence of population size》

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作者: Inmaculada Alonso-Carrillo;Rosario Pérez-Morote;Montserrat Núñez-Chicharro;Carolina Pontones-Rosa

来源: CITIES,Vol.136,Issue1,Article 104210

语言: 英文

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作者单位: Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain;Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain;Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain;Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain;Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain;Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (KIT-ITAS), PO box 3640, Karlsruhe 76021, Germany;Landscape Engineering Dep., Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 51661647, Iran;Landscape Engineering, University of Tabriz, 5671955963, Iran;School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3WA, UK;Urban Research Group, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;Innovation Hong Kong Ltd, Hong Kong;Center for the Study of CO⁎Design, Osaka University, 1-16 Machikane Yama, Toyonaka 5600043, Japan;Cross-Boundary Innovation Program, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita 5650871, Japan;Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kokuma, Kanazawa, 9201192, Japan;Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita 5650871, Japan;University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand"}]}]}],"floats":[],"footnotes":[],"attachments":[]},"lastAuthor":{"content":[{"#name":"author","$":{"id":"au1"},"$$":[{"#name":"given-name","_":"Michael

摘要: In Spain, the depopulation of the rural environment has led to the existence of a rural-urban gap that especially affects the most isolated and smallest towns. Citizens' perception of the solution to the problem differs according to population size and with respect to the time horizon in which the solution can be found. The present study is aimed at municipalities whose population does not exceed 20,000 inhabitants. For there to be confidence in the solution to the problem, it is necessary for public institutions to implement a variety of public policies that lead in that direction.The results of this study show that the inhabitants of small towns consider to policies focused on enhancing infrastructures to be the most appropriate for the long-term solution to the problem of depopulation; regardless of the size of population, the respondent think that the promotion of entrepreneurship, bolstering e-government may be a key element to avoid individuals moving away from rural settings. Finally, it is the citizens in medium-sized and large towns, who trust in policies aimed at promoting the rural environment as well as the improvement of innovation in agriculture, respectively, as the key to solving the problem of rural depopulation.