That living conditions differ between urban and rural areas is often taken for granted. But what does it look like when we explore more manifest indicators of social exclusion and marginalization? Are these problems present also in rural areas? And if so, does the character of such problems...

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Since the early 2000s regional enlargement (“regionförstoring”) has become an important objective in the Swedish regional policy. Smaller regions are intended to be functionally integrated into larger neighbours through intensified commuting. This strive is facilitated by the fact that the...

Föreliggande artikel bygger på två regionala befolkningsframskrivningar, den ena av Landstingsförbundet (2000), den andra av Nygren och Person (2001). Dessa visar att nu som tidigare beror regionernas befolkningsmässiga framtid till största del av de flyttningsantaganden som görs. De...

Efter några decennier av måttlig befolkningsomfördelning i Sverige gav 1990-talets andra hälft tydligt prov på en geografisk koncentration av befolkningen. Här argumenteras för att befolkningsomfördelningen bör undersökas på en geografisk nivå med samma höga upplösningsgrad som...

The paper will address the changing status of rural regions in policy formation in Sweden. Two basic processes are at work. First, decades of out-migration have given many rural regions a demographic structure, which is causing a self-propelling de-population. Secondly, the internationalisation...

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Though estimating rural population change at first glance seems simple, it in fact involves methodological difficulties and requires the accommodation of definitional ambiguities. This article addresses the matter of urban spillover in rural population development. Simply stated, "urban...