Different spatial approaches in geodemographic studies

Different spatial approaches in geodemographic studies

Population Geography ; spatial pattern ; Social Geography ; place ; Geodemography

Géographie de la Population ; dimension spatiale ; Géographie Sociale ; territoire ; Démogéographie

Les différentes approches spatiales de la démogéographie.

La Géographie de la Population a toujours étudié la distribution spatiale des phénomènes démographiques. Mais le concept d'espace a changé. C'est pour cela qu'il y a plusieurs orientations dans la Géographie de la Population. Les deux majeures sont la démographie spatiale et la démogéographie qui tend a privilégier la notion de territoire et les grands problèmes des sociétés à la fin du XXe siècle.

Throughout its history, Population Geography has always favoured the spatial aspect both when studying population distribution ans spatial pattern differentiations. The spatial approach, however, has changed. But in the 90s, Population Geography is still divided between followers of spatial demography and those practitioners that broaden our subject-matter to pay more attention to the social and academic context. So, it seems as if the discussion on the meaning and role played by place and daily life in globalization is arriving at Population Geography, because nowadays global dimension of geodemographic facts is a fact, but the local dimension is a fact as well.

Garcia Ballesteros Aurora. Different spatial approaches in geodemographic studies. In: Espace, populations, sociétés, 2000-1. Mélanges (II) - Miscellanies (II). pp. 9-15.

Aurora García Ballesteros

PERSEE

2000

eng

article

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/espos_0755-7809_2000_num_18_1_1921

doi:10.3406/espos.2000.1921

9-15