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...

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...

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...