Does the environment matter? Depopulation in the Sudetes (case study of the Kłodzko region, SW Poland)

Changes in the services of general interest in mountainous areas in Poland over the period 1988–2020: Their types, dynamics and driving forces

“…On the other hand, a regression in infrastructure and services may contribute to population decline. Caution should be exercised in assessing this correlation because the causes of depopulation in many European regions are highly complex and ambiguous (Merino & Prats, 2020;Szymanowski & Latocha, 2021), and may involve various demographic (Westhoek et al, 2006;Coleman & Rowthorn, 2011;Wiest et al, 2011), psychosocial (Paniagua, 2002a;Stockdale, 2002), environmental (Willian & Jobes, 1990;Gare & Arran, 1995), and economic factors (Commins, 1978;Pezzini, 2001;Paniagua, 2002b). One should agree with the statement by E. Gruber et al (2015), however, that changing population sizes as well as changing population structures have produced new patterns of SGI demands and needs with different regional characteristics which are a challenge for public institutions.…”

“…There are 188 settlements in this area, of which 11 have the status of a town, and 177 are villages. The region was subject to long term depopulation (from the end of the 19 th century), which intensified in the post-World War II period and continues nowadays (Szymanowski & Latocha, 2021). Because of this strong depopulation and its peripheral location in a borderland, many authors have classified this region as a 'problem area' (Eberhardt, 1989;Ciok, 1991;Bański, 2008).…”

Detecting spatial heterogeneity in the determinants of intercity migration in China

“…A typical example in this category is the geographically weighted regression (GWR)-type model (Fotheringham et al, 2002). These models have been applied in a small number of studies to explore spatially nonstationary associations between migration and pertinent factors in Spain (Royuela et al, 2010), the Netherlands (Rijnks et al, 2018), Poland (Szymanowski & Latocha, 2021), and China (Wang et al, 2019).…”

“…Different processes involve varying spatial scales, that is, some are constant over space while others vary spatially (Fotheringham et al, 2017). A small number of studies have focused on spatial heterogeneity in migration processes (Rijnks et al, 2018; Royuela et al, 2010; Szymanowski & Latocha, 2021; Wang et al, 2019); however, those analyses neglected the possibility of scale multiplicity across factors.…”

Od gospodarki agrarnej do wielofunkcyjnej. Zmiany funkcjonalne obszarów wiejskich i wsi na przykładzie powiatu kłodzkiego

“…XIX w. charakteryzuje się występowaniem silnej depopulacji oraz związanej z nią stopniowej redukcji bazy ekonomicznej miejscowości (Latocha i in. 2018., Szymanowski, Latocha 2021. Obszar ten stanowi jeden z najsilniej wyludnionych regionów w całych Sudetach (Miszewska 1989,Ciok 1995, gdzie większość miejscowości -w porównaniu do stanu zaludnienia w II poł.…”