Uneven Demand: Depopulation, Repopulation and Housing Pressure

Hoggart, Keith

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-62651-8_4

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“…For example, the rural settlement relocation policy consolidated dispersed rural households into selected sites, enhancing living quality [58]. The rural housing policy of the UK plays an important role in controlling rural spatial transformation [59]. Based on a survey of 416 households in rural Northern Uganda, the placement of refugees in rural areas failed to address the need for social and economic spaces, and the refugees were unable to obtain sustainable livelihoods [60].…”

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Transition Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Settlements in Suburban Villages of Megacities under Policy Intervention: A Case Study of Dayu Village in Shanghai, China

Li,

Liu

et al. 2023

Land

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China’s distinct rural revitalization process has attracted global attention due to its impressive speed, massive scale, and policy interventions. A relatively limited amount of research has been conducted on how rural transition characteristics and policy mechanisms are interrelated at the micro level. To fill this research gap, following the main research thread of dividing rural development stages, revealing transition characteristics and exploring policy mechanisms, this paper utilizes a participatory rural appraisal, a landscape metrics analysis, and in-depth interviews to analyze the spatial transition laws of Dayu Village. First, the results show that the village experienced three stages from 1990 to 2020: strict homestead control, village relocation, and land consolidation. Second, the village exhibits multidimensional transition characteristics. With a reduced rural settlement area, regular patch formation, and a dense interior subdivision of rural houses, the land use layout changed from homogeneous to multiple nests. As the industrial structure became more diversified, the villagers’ livelihoods became more differentiated. Inflows of tourists and migrants changed the population structure, causing social relations to become defamiliarized. Moreover, mechanism research finds that policy can promote rural settlement transition by allocating land resources and regulating village behavior. The policy’s scope expanded from a single settlement to the whole village, optimizing external forces, with village behavior effects acting as an internal force. The degree of matching between policy formulation and villagers’ needs is the key to promoting the transition of rural settlements. This research deepens the understanding of the transition laws of suburban villages in megacities in developing countries at the micro scale and provides a reference for land policies in similar villages.

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Section: Land Policy Mechanismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transition Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Settlements in Suburban Villages of Megacities under Policy Intervention: A Case Study of Dayu Village in Shanghai, China

Li,

Liu

et al. 2023

Land

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“…Uneven regional development is a fact of economic development during the transition from a traditional agrarian to a modern industrial and tertiary society; this surfaces in the polarization of economic activities, the population, and income. In such a spatialeconomic organization, the centers of polarized development begin to be singled out because of their increasing concentration of economic activity and capital and, therefore, Sustainability 2024, 16, 2391 2 of 33 greater opportunities for innovation and development, unlike the periphery. Due to limited resources and infrequent opportunities for innovation, the periphery is characterized by slower growth and stagnation in its development.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Job shortages and the centralization of the economy in larger industrial centers cause depopulation in less-developed areas. Market alternatives for people working in agriculture do not require an increase in the workforce, and wages have proved to be insufficient [15,16].…”

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Quality of Life as a Limiting Factor in the Development of the Region along the Great Bačka Canal (Serbia)

Lalić,

Bubalo Živković,

Đerčan

et al. 2024

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This paper presents the results of a study of the regional–demographic characteristics and the quality of life of the population of Central Bačka, carried out in five municipalities along the Great Bačka Canal (June–August 2022). It included 870 respondents (0.5% of the total adult population). This is a region that has considerable potential for satisfaction with quality of life; however, the studied area has undergone socioeconomic stagnation, so it was necessary to analyze the effect that the activities of all the existing natural and anthropogenic elements could have on mitigating the negative trends of development in an area where the staple of the economy is agricultural production and which was one of the most-developed areas in Serbia. The aim of this study was to identify the factors that impact the perceptions of the population regarding quality of life in the settlements of Central Bačka to define measures that could improve their quality of life. The hypothesis was that, based on the identified factors, the population is not satisfied with their quality of life, which could have a significant impact on demographic trends; there are statistically significant differences in the attitudes of the respondents surrounding basic standard-of-living elements, depending on their sociodemographic characteristics. The instrument used in the study consisted of two parts. The first part of the questionnaire was designed to compile the sociodemographic features of the participants, and the second part was used to study the indicators that determine quality of life. The non-parametric techniques used in this study were the Mann–Whitney U test and the Kruskal–Wallis test. The results indicated a medium or low degree of satisfaction with most of the indicators, confirming the proposed hypothesis regarding differences in the subjective perception of well-being compared to the sociodemographic characteristics of the studied population.

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“…The lack of jobs and the centralization of the economy in big cities, on the one hand, were at the heart of the problem of population decline, and the emptying of the countryside on the other. In addition, the alternative for agriculture was limited by low wages, which are related to the decreasing need for labour [2]. Rural areas include natural resources, such as water, land, and forests, so the abandonment of villages and the relationship to the rural environment should attract increasing interest in researching the process of depopulation in rural areas, socio-economic losses and the relationship between population and the environment [3].…”

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Depopulated and Abandoned Areas in Serbia in the 21st Century—From a Local to a National Problem

et al. 2022

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Depopulated or abandoned spaces are a consequence of the emptying of settlements and the complete disappearance of the human factor in the use of space. The aim of this paper is to determine the size and structure of this space—clusters that can be considered abandoned at the regional level. In the focus of this paper is the space at the district level in Serbia, within which significant changes in land use occurred in the period 1990–2018. Time series of formal databases and data obtained by GIS tools were analysed in order to observe the changes in the structure of surfaces and to define the trend of merging or increasing the empty space during the last two decades. This paper analyses planning documents and strategies in order to determine with which problems the state identifies abandoned areas and what planning solutions are possible. A new method for calculating the homogenization of abandoned space is presented. The results indicate the homogenization of the abandoned space in the border regions in the south of Serbia, as well as major changes in land use, such as reforestation and reclamation of agricultural land.

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Uneven Demand: Depopulation, Repopulation and Housing Pressure

Cited by 3 publications

References 62 publications

Transition Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Settlements in Suburban Villages of Megacities under Policy Intervention: A Case Study of Dayu Village in Shanghai, China

Transition Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Settlements in Suburban Villages of Megacities under Policy Intervention: A Case Study of Dayu Village in Shanghai, China

Quality of Life as a Limiting Factor in the Development of the Region along the Great Bačka Canal (Serbia)

Depopulated and Abandoned Areas in Serbia in the 21st Century—From a Local to a National Problem

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