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Intra-rural divides and regional planning: an analysis of a traditional emigration region (Galicia, Spain)

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  • Xosé Martínez-Filgueira
  • David Peón
  • Edelmiro López-Iglesias

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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.

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  • Xosé Martínez-Filgueira & David Peón & Edelmiro López-Iglesias, 2017. "Intra-rural divides and regional planning: an analysis of a traditional emigration region (Galicia, Spain)," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(7), pages 1237-1255, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:25:y:2017:i:7:p:1237-1255
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1319465
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    1. Romero-Castro, N. & López-Cabarcos, M.A. & Piñeiro-Chousa, J., 2023. "Finance, technology, and values: A configurational approach to the analysis of rural entrepreneurship," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).

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