Bridging the divide: Demographic dynamics and urban-rural polarities during economic expansion and recession in Greece

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/psp.2267" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/psp.2267</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.2267" target="_blank" >10.1002/psp.2267</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Bridging the divide: Demographic dynamics and urban-rural polarities during economic expansion and recession in Greece

Original language description

Demographic processes such as international migration, internal rural-urban movements, and short-range residential mobility are increasingly driven by economic cycles. To assess how economic downturns have influenced demographic dynamics across regions in Greece-perhaps the European country most affected by the 2007 recession-the present study investigates spatial patterns of population increase and decline (2002-2017) in 51 prefectures, evaluating the contribution of natural balance (births minus deaths) and migration to total population growth during economic expansion (2002-2009) and recession (2010-2017). Population increased during economic expansion in semicentral regions with medium-size urban centres, upper economic functions (university and international airport), and road infrastructures. Although natural balance was positive in almost all prefectures, migration contributed the most to population growth during 2002-2009. A generalised population decline was observed during recession, except in coastal areas specialised in tourism, the only regions still attracting migratory flows and maintaining a slightly positive natural balance. The largest urban areas (Athens, Salonika) experienced the highest rate of population decline, thanks to accelerated emigration and a moderately negative natural balance. Population dynamics during economic expansion contributed to increase a traditional density gap between urban and rural areas. Conversely, population dynamics during recession led to a spatial redistribution of population, reducing the gap between urban areas and rural, tourism-specialised coastal districts. Evidence in our study supports a need for further investigation into the role of economic downturns in future population redistribution processes, specifically 'shrinking' regions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50402 - Demography

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1415" target="_blank" >LO1415: CzechGlobe 2020 – Development of the Centre of Global Climate Change Impacts Studies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Population Space and Place

ISSN

1544-8444

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

e2267

UT code for WoS article

000481140600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85070747509