Shrinking regions in a shrinking country: The geography of population decline in Lithuania 2001-2011 (discussion paper)

Shrinking populations have been gaining increasing attention, especially in post-socialist East and Central European countries. While most studies focus on the population decline of capital cities and their regions, much less is known about the spatial dimension of population decline on the national level. Lithuania is one of the countries which...

Shrinking regions in a shrinking country: The geography of population decline in Lithuania 2001-2011

Shrinking populations have been gaining increasing attention, especially in post-socialist East and Central European countries. While most studies focus on specific cities and regions, much less is known about the spatial dimension of population decline on the national level, and the local factors determining spatially uneven population change....