Against the discourse according to which peripheral areas are places doomed to an
inevitable fate of constant demographic decline, the aim of this paper is to contribute to the …

This study estimates demographic resilience in local socioeconomic systems of Southern
Europe using long-term population dynamics. We assume attractive places with a …

Mountain communities face the threat of depopulation, as residents age or move to large
cities in the lowland. This issue is pressing for Italy, where a large portion of the territory is …

Economic expansion and recession have shaped the long-term evolution of local economic
systems, exemplifying causes and consequences of territorial disparities and alimenting the …

Population decline is a major issue impacting environmental sustainability, economic growth
and social well-being. Although earlier studies evaluated demographic factors, social forces …

Population trends in Italy are strongly spatially differentiated, with some municipalities
showing a systematic loss of population, and others showing an equally continuous …

Testing density-dependence and path-dependence in long-term population dynamics under
differentiated local contexts contributes to delineate the changing role of socioeconomic …

Economic downturns, social change, and migrations shape population expansion and
shrinkage, making city life cycles particularly complex over time and intrinsically diversified …

The spatial mismatch between population growth and settlement expansion is at the base of
current models of urban growth. Empirical evidence is increasingly required to inform …

Mediterranean regions have experienced a shift from accelerated urban growth typical of a
post-industrial phase to a more recent spatial delocalization of population and economic …