Devitalization of rural communities Flashcards
1
Q
What does urbanization mean?
A
Rural exodus (people moving from the rural areas to the urban areas (cities))
2
Q
In the 1980s was urbanization increasing or decreasing?
A
INCREASING
3
Q
What kind of places were growing?
A
Large cities
4
Q
What kind of places were facing devitalization?
A
Some towns
5
Q
What is devitalization?
A
A socio-economic phenomenon by which a municipality simultaneously experiences a declining and aging population, shrinking investment, fewer and fewer local services and youth who are leaving for lack of local jobs.
6
Q
Since what year has the Quebec government been researching devitalization?
A
1996
7
Q
What information is the government using to research where in Quebec we have devitalization (3 kinds of data)?
A
- economic data
- demographic data
- social data
