The CHilean Internal Migration (CHIM) database: Temporally consistent spatial data for the analysis of human mobility

Rowe, Francisco

doi:10.18335/region.v4i2.198

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“…Such analysis is, however, challenging because time-series data are scarce and, even where lengthy time series are available from population registers or censuses, analysis is not straightforward. Comparisons are hindered by changes in administrative boundaries and by the way information is recorded (Rowe 2017), but methods have now been developed to produce temporally consistent spatial frameworks to overcome these problems (Blake et al 2000;Casado-Díaz et al 2017;Rowe et al 2017). Drawing on data from the IMAGE repository, we generated temporally consistent geographies to examine temporal changes in the association between net migration rates and the log of population density in four countries -Finland, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.…”

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Impact of Internal Migration on Population Redistribution in Europe: Urbanisation, Counterurbanisation or Spatial Equilibrium?

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Bell

Bernard

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The classical foundations of migration research date from the 1880s with Ravenstein’s “Laws of migration”, which represent the first comparative analyses of internal migration. While his observations remain largely valid, the ensuing century has seen considerable progress in data collection practices and methods of analysis, which in turn has permitted theoretical advances in understanding the role of migration in population redistribution. Coupling the extensive range of migration data now available with these recent theoretical and methodological advances, we endeavour to advance beyond Ravenstein’s understanding by examining the direction of population redistribution and comparing the impact of internal migration on patterns of human settlement in 27 European countries. Results show that the overall redistributive impact of internal migration is low in most European countries but the mechanisms differ across the continent. In Southern and Eastern Europe migration effectiveness is above average but is offset by low migration intensities, whereas in Northern and Western Europe high intensities are absorbed in reciprocal flows resulting in low migration effectiveness. About half the European countries are experiencing a process of concentration toward urbanised regions, particularly in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, whereas countries in the West and South are undergoing a process of population deconcentration. These results suggest that population deconcentration is now more common than it was in the 1990s when counterurbanisation was limited to Western Europe. The results show that 130 years on, Ravenstein’s law of migration streams and counter-streams remains a central facet of migration dynamics, while underlining the importance of simple yet robust indices for the spatial analysis of migration.* This article belongs to a special issue on “Internal Migration as a Driver of Regional Population Change in Europe: Updating Ravenstein”.

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Section: Trends In Population Concentration and Deconcentrationmentioning

confidence: 99%