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Changes in the Demographic Structure of the Central City in the Light of the Suburbanization Process (The Study of Poznań)

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The aim of the paper is to identify changes in the age structure of the inhabitants of the Downtown of Poznań and in the housing stock and number of residents in a single flat, taking into consideration the type of construction (in 2008 and 2013).

In the first part of the paper, we presented processes occurring in contemporary Polish cities as well as their causes. We discussed the process of suburbunization – its aspects and implications. In the empirical part, on the basis of data from the resident register of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we conducted the analysis of the demographic structure of the inhabitants of Poznań and of the structure of buildings located in the Downtown of Poznań.

On the basis of the conducted analysis of changes occurring in the area of the Downtown of Poznań, we may observe that the number of residents in the area of Poznań Downtown decreased by about 20 % in the period under study. The age structure of the inhabitants of the center of the city also changed. The calculated indicators show that the population of the Downtown of Poznań began to be subject to gradual processes of ageing, which should be perceived as a negative phenomenon. In turn, the analysis of housing stock shows that housing conditions in Poznań Downtown improved. This is reflected in the drop in the number of people living in one apartment in this part of the city.

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Trojanek, M., Tanaś, J., Trojanek, R. (2016). Changes in the Demographic Structure of the Central City in the Light of the Suburbanization Process (The Study of Poznań). In: Leon-Garcia, A., et al. Smart City 360°. SmartCity 360 SmartCity 360 2016 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 166. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_71

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