Ruined Society and Population Decline: A Case Study in Cities and Countries in Taiwan, 2001- 2010
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
TSENG, WEI-TING
Abstract
The research surveys whether population changes in 358 countries and cities in Taiwan meet the societal trends of population changes worldwide – locations with population decline are accompanied with serious societal problems, called as “ruined societies” here. Analyzing the relations between population growth rates of Taiwan cities and countries, from 2001 to 2010, and indicators about societal problems, including economic, family, healthy, criminal and house using variables. After taking the traditional analysis and spatial analysis which crucially limiting the spatial variable - neighborhood effect, the outcomes prove that a large number of cities and countries in Taiwan with population decline show they are ruined societies for economic weakness and house ruin. But Taipei City, mountain areas and the cities in New Taipei City(former Taipei Country), where people less than 50,000, do not meet the population change trend. Taipei City has anti-urbanization, and it is prosperous society but population decline. And large part of mountain areas and cities in New Taipei City with less than 50,000 people have population growing but with serious societal problems.
Subjects
population decline
ruined society
weak economy
family collapse
poor health
house ruin
spatial analysis
Type
thesis
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