Density-dependent population growth in Southern Europe (1961-2011): A non-parametric approach using smoothing splines

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2020/rs100201.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2020/rs100201.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15196/RS100201" target="_blank" >10.15196/RS100201</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Density-dependent population growth in Southern Europe (1961-2011): A non-parametric approach using smoothing splines

Original language description

A wealth of social, economic, historical, political, institutional, and cultural factors have been shown to affect the spatial distribution of resident populations, long-term settlement patterns, and demographic structures on the European continent. However, density-dependent mechanisms regulating population growth remain important drivers of socio-demographic dynamics at both the local and regional levels. In Southern Europe, a paradigmatic region with quite homogeneous population dynamics and urban structures, high within-country variability in the spatial distribution of the resident population and across-country differences in population density outline the distinctive demographic patterns at a regional level. A comparative analysis of the spatial distribution of the resident populations of three representative countries of Southern Europe (Spain, Italy, and Greece) contributes to identifying latent trends and density-dependent mechanisms of population growth over a relatively long time period (1961-2011) at the geographic level of local administrative units (LAUs). An explicit analysis of density-dependent spatial patterns of population growth permits a refined comprehension of socioeconomic mechanisms underlying demographic divides. The annual rate of population increase (or decrease) was nonlinearly correlated with population density, highlighting the positive (or negative) impact of density variation on demographic growth when the population is sparse (or concentrated). An improved understanding of the density-dependent mechanisms of population growth contributes to a reconsideration of urban strategies and socio-demographic policies relating to heterogeneous regional contexts.

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

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Regional Statistics

ISSN

2063-9538

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

HU - HUNGARY

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

27-41

UT code for WoS article

000587734500002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85097866940