Nuevas pautas de migración y poblamiento: las dinámicas de los municipios de Cataluña

Abstract

Cataluña exhibits important settlement changes. Population concentration has been replaced by a growing population dispersal, which main destination are municipalities above 10.000 inhabitants - usually classified as "intermedios"or "rurals"- At first, this population dispersal was concentrated in the Región Metropolitana de Barcelona, but during last years there is a growing population dispersal in more remote areas from Barcelonès. Nevertheless, it is not a common process in the whole Cataluña. These changes are basically produced by migration. Barcelones and the most populated cities which surroundit are the main origin. This paper analyses these processes that are transforming the Catalan area. It is needed a more detailed study about causes and economical and social effects this migration is producing. It is also pointed out some lines of research derived from other European examples, but they can help us as referente points to develop the analysis of these processes in Catalonia and Spain.