Differences and Similarities Between Depopulating and Repopulating Municipalities
Villagrasa Povedano, Anna (2023)
2023
Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Social Sciences
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2023-04-25
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202304063539
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202304063539
Tiivistelmä
In a world with rapid growing cities and in the aftermath of a global pandemic that restricted mobility, marginalized areas that had been previously abandoned are coming back to the forefront of debate, with the topic of depopulation being at the centre of it.
This project explores the differences between depopulating and repopulating municipalities in the context of the region of Catalonia in the last decades. A panel of indicators measuring different aspects concerning demographics, economy and availability of services are compared between repopulating and depopulating municipalities within a push and pull framework of analysis.
The results show that there are few significant differences between depopulating and repopulating municipalities in the studied topics. Coinciding with previous research, it is found that depopulating municipalities have a higher prevalence of older people. Moreover, it is shown that women play a crucial role in the depopulating processes. The analysis of the availability of services provides surprising findings, as some are more easily available for depopulating municipalities instead of repopulating ones, thus challenging the assumption of them being a protective factor.
This project explores the differences between depopulating and repopulating municipalities in the context of the region of Catalonia in the last decades. A panel of indicators measuring different aspects concerning demographics, economy and availability of services are compared between repopulating and depopulating municipalities within a push and pull framework of analysis.
The results show that there are few significant differences between depopulating and repopulating municipalities in the studied topics. Coinciding with previous research, it is found that depopulating municipalities have a higher prevalence of older people. Moreover, it is shown that women play a crucial role in the depopulating processes. The analysis of the availability of services provides surprising findings, as some are more easily available for depopulating municipalities instead of repopulating ones, thus challenging the assumption of them being a protective factor.