The demographic and rural development policies that have been carried out so far have not been effective against depopulation, perhaps because they have been applied in a homogeneous manner and without taking into account the plurality of territories or the real needs of the citizens of each municipality. Depopulation and ageing do not affect all Aragonese municipalities uniformly and may have different causes. Hence, the need to adapt to the demographic, economic and social circumstances of each of them, which require adopting different action, measures depending on the locality. Within this context, the main objective of the work is, therefore, to develop a methodology that allows establishing the differences in the depopulation and ageing processes in which the Aragonese municipalities are immersed, providing a typology of spaces based on their degree of socioeconomic exclusion. For this, firstly, the factors that measure the different aspects that explain the territorial exclusion of the different municipalities are identified. These factors allow, on the one hand, diagnosing the degree of exclusion of each territory and, on the other, to determine the variety of population dynamics existing between the different Aragonese municipalities. Once these factors and their indicators have been identified, multivariate analysis techniques are used to establish the various profiles of territorial exclusion existing in Aragon and their relationship with the problem of depopulation and ageing. The determination of these profiles will be useful to generate response strategies and design policies to combat depopulation adapted to the situation of each municipality that guarantee adequate living conditions and that allow rerouting the spatial planning of the Aragonese region.
Mª Pilar Alonso Logroño1, Pilar Gargallo Valero2, Luis Lample Gracia3, Carlos López Escolano4, Jesús Miguel Álvarez5, Manuel Salvador Figueras6
1Facultat de Lletres/Departament de Geografia i Sociologia/Universidad de LLeida, Pl. Víctor Siurana, 1. 25003 Lleida. pilar.alonso@udl.cat
2Facultad de Economía y Empresa/Departamento de Economía Aplicada/Universidad de Zaragoza, Gran Vía 2, 50005 Zaragoza. Member of the IEDIS (Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Empleo, Sociedad y Sostenibilidad). pigarga@unizar.es
3Facultad de Economía y Empresa/Departamento de Contabilidad y Finanzas/Universidad de Zaragoza, Gran Vía 2, 50005 Zaragoza. llample@unizar.es
4Facultad de Filosofía y Letras/Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio/Universidad de Zaragoza, San Juan Bosco, 7, 50009 Zaragoza. cle@unizar.es
5Facultad de Economía y Empresa/Departamento de Economía Aplicada/Universidad de Zaragoza, Gran Vía 2, 50005 Zaragoza. jamiguel@unizar.es
6Facultad de Economía y Empresa/Departamento de Economía Aplicada/Universidad de Zaragoza, Gran Vía 2, 50005 Zaragoza. Member of the IEDIS (Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Empleo, Sociedad y Sostenibilidad). salvador@unizar.es
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