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2.RECENTCHANGESOFWAYSOFLIFEANDLIVELIHOODINTHESPANISH...
Therealityandtherisksofdepopulation
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Oneofthemainproblemssufferedbymanyofthesemountainousareasatpresent
isthelowlevelofhumanoccupancy,asisevidencedbythepredominanceofan
extremelylowpopulationdensity.Almosthalfofthestudiedmunicipalitieshave
aloweraveragedensityof10inhabitantsperkm
2
(Figure2),anumber
consideredasthethresholdof((demographicdesertification”,whichmakes
territorialrevitalizationverydifficultandstiflestheirchancesofdevelopment
withoutexternalpopulationalcontributions.Moreover,therearefewmunici-
palitiesthatdonotevenreach5inhabitantsperkm
2
;suchasituationisinthe
CabrerainLen,intheHighlandsofSoria,intheSierradeAyllonandinthe
SerrotainAvila,whileinSanabriaandtheVilluercasdataareobtainedwith
agreatdifficulty.Onlyinthosecaseswherethemountainareasarecloseto
urbanareasorstronglyinfluencedbyurbanization,aswellasinthoseinwhich
thereisoneortwoimportantpopulationcenters,aredensitieshigher,asinthe
AsturianCentralHighMountain,theSierraofBe
´jar-Candelario,theHernio
Massif,theValleyofTie
´tarandtheGorbeaMassif.Onaregionalscale,9outof
the17studycasestackledsurpasstheaveragedensity(13.9inhabitantsper
km
2
),whereastheremaining8donotreachit.
Figure20Populationdensityatmunicipalscalein2010
Source:ProjectpreparedbytheteamofresearchersbasedondataoftheNationalStatisticsInstitute(INE),
censusofinhabitants.
