A comparative analysis of population ageing in urban and rural areas of England and Wales, and Poland over the last three census intervals

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 365-386

  Walford, N S ^a   Kurek, S ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ageing population; Censuses; Europe; Rural urban

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; POPULATION GROWTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; POLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849142856     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.488     Document Type: Article

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