Has COVID-19 affected urban-to-rural and rural-to-urban migration patterns?

Autor: Jumppanen, Aapo, Ahvenainen, Toni, Ala-Karvia, Urszula, Hanada, Shinichi, Mattila, Markku, Hasegawa, Mitsuaki, Koyata, Fumihiko, Lee, Young-Jun, Park, Sang-woo, Raunio, Mika, Välimäki, Erkki
Přispěvatelé: Ruralia-instituutti, Seinäjoki, Kestävyystieteen instituutti (HELSUS), Sosiaalitieteiden tohtoriohjelma
Jazyk: finština
Rok vydání: 2022
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Popis: Rural–urban migration patterns in Finland, Japan, and South Korea have been relatively one-sided since at least the 1950s. Outmigration to large cities, especially to the capital regions of Helsinki, Tokyo, and Soul, has greatly diminished rural communities and rendered their future prospects more challenging. However, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have slowed this development, and perhaps even revered it. It now seems that there could be the potential for rural population growth. It was this interesting notion, evident in all three subject countries, that started the preparation for a joint virtual research seminar between the University of Helsinki’s Ruralia Institute, the Hirosaki University Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Humanities and Migration Institute of Finland Seinäjoki unit. In addition, to the academics from these institutions, regional officials from the city of Seinäjoki (Finland) and the Aomori Prefecture (Japan) also participated in the virtual seminar: COVID-19 and migration between rural regions and cities in Finland, Japan, and South Korea – Current research and preliminary reflections, which was held on 23 November 2021. Non
Databáze: OpenAIRE