1. HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE, MIGRATION TRENDS, AND RESIDENTIAL PREFERENCES IN INNER-CITY LEÓN, SPAIN: UNPACKING THE DEMOGRAPHIES OF REURBANIZATION.
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Bouzarovski, Stefan, Haase, Annegret, Hall, Ray, Steinführer, Annett, Kabisch, Sigrun, and Ogden, Philip E.
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HOUSEHOLDS ,HUMAN migration patterns ,URBANIZATION ,DEMOGRAPHY ,CITIES & towns ,GENTRIFICATION - Abstract
This study examines the changing demography of the Spanish city of León, and aims to explore the manner in which its urban fabric was reshaped by processes of reurbanization, a dynamic whereby the inner city becomes more attractive to a wide variety of household types and social groups. We draw on sociodemographic analyses of municipal census data, as well as a customized questionnaire survey of local residents. Empirical evidence is provided both for the city as a whole and two inner-city districts, Casco Antiguo and El Ejido. Among other findings, it is argued that, although the contiguous built-up area of the city is clearly losing its inhabitants through out-migration and aging, there are a series of small-scale migration flows that increasingly concentrate "nontraditional" households in and around the city center. This is accompanied by an increasing trend toward "city-mindedness" as a residential choice and housing preference among both in-migrants and the long-time residential population. Overall, the evidence points to the emergence of a spatially fragile, fragmented reurbanization process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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