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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.25,Issue7,P.1237-1255

语言

英文

关键字

Rural development; intra-rural divides; territorial planning; migration; demographic evolution; Galicia; J11; R12; R50; POPULATION DECLINE; DETERMINANTS; MIGRATION; AREAS

作者单位

[Martinez-Filgueira, Xose] Univ A Coruna UDC, Dept Appl Econ 2, La Coruna, Spain. [Peon, David] Univ A Coruna UDC, Dept Financial Econ & Accountancy, La Coruna, Spain. [Lopez-Iglesias, Edelmiro] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Dept Appl Econ, Santiago De Compostela, Spain. Peon, D (reprint author), Univ A Coruna UDC, Dept Financial Econ & Accountancy, La Coruna, Spain. E-Mail: david.peon@udc.es

摘要

The depopulation process of rural areas in Europe during the last decades is widespread. However, in many regions, this performance is largely an inheritance from past migration and the drag it causes in terms of an ageing population structure. Removing the inertial effects of past migration, we may find a much greater diversity in the current demographic dynamics of rural areas. We analyse the case of Galicia, a NUTS-2 region in Spain that represents a paradigmatic case of traditional emigration. We remove the drag from past migration to obtain the population performance of rural counties once the effects of that inertia were removed, and interpret the results. The analysis works as a descriptive tool: refined data help to identify which rural areas, however they continue to lose population, are being able to slow down or even revert the processes of depopulation inherited from the past. Finally, we explore possible explanations for such better performance, verifying that this is mainly related to key factors in regional planning and development such as the proximity to urban nodes and the quality of connections.