Changes in population and industries in the rural areas of Finland : from analysis of administrative regions to a GIS based approach

Changing functions of rural areas in the Baltic Sea Region

Auteurs :
MUILU, T.
RUSANEN, J.

Description :
The statistical analysis of rural changes is traditionally based on classification of administrative regions, like municipalities or provinces. These classifications do not allow fine-grained interregional analysis of rural change. Especially in sparsely-populated countries, like Finland, the border between rural and urban areas is often fuzzy, which means that rural elements may be found within administratively urban municipalities. This paper presents a GIS-based approach for analysis of changes in rural population and industries. - (BJ)


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
, p. 109-117, nombre de pages : 9, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 15 ref.

Date :
2004

Identifiants :
isbn : 83-89666-03-0, 83-87954-43-8

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pologne, Warsaw, European Rural Development Network, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Institute of Geography ans Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences