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

Toivo Muilu and Jarmo Rusanen

Rural Areas and Development, 2004, vol. 02, 9

Abstract: The statistical analysis of rural change is traditionally based on classifications 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. The data employed is based on 1 x 1 km inhabited grid cells defined by base map coordinates, allowing for a flexible analysis of rural change independent from administrative borders.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.157834

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