Depopulation in the Upper-Silesian basin (Poland) and the Donetsk basin (Ukraine)
The article compares demographic processes taking place in traditional industrial European regions: Upper-Silesian and the Donetsk Basins. During communism, a high population concentration was characteristic. Currently, population decline leads to depopulation. Depopulation in the Upper-Silesian Ba...
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| Language: | English |
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V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Časopis Socìalʹno-Ekonomìčnoï Geografìï. Часопис соціально-економічної географії |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicals.karazin.ua/socecongeo/article/view/6524 |
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| Summary: | The article compares demographic processes taking place in traditional industrial European regions: Upper-Silesian and the Donetsk Basins. During communism, a high population concentration was characteristic. Currently, population decline leads to depopulation. Depopulation in the Upper-Silesian Basin is determined mainly by labour migration to the European Union (EU) and by sub-urbanization. In the Donetsk Basin it is due to severe population decline intensified by migration. The main reasons are the collapse of numerous industrial facilities and the lack of alternative employment.
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| ISSN: | 2076-1333 2312-1130 |