Socio-spatial dynamics and demographic estimates in the Duero river international basin
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Abstract
In the last decades an intensive process of urbanization has taken place in the global scale, giving place to a heterogeneous distribution of the population on the geographical space and propitiating territorial imbalances. The spatial intensity and speed of recent changes in Spain and Portugal provides a paradigmatic example of the rapid shift to a new system of urban-rural relationship in the Duero river international basin. The aim of this research is to analyze the changes in the population distribution of the municipalities located in the Duero river international basin.
This is an investigation of a quantitative nature, in its methodological approach, through the use of population census data covering the period 2001-2011. In the study of the municipalities in the Duero river international basin, population size categories are applied. Likewise, the structure of the current population is examined and a predictive model of the population evolution will be performed to enable us to anticipate rationally future trends in the populations analyzed.