Spatial distribution of the population in Luxembourg : from the submunicipal level to the urban structure
At municipal level, despite very strong demographic growth (+25.7%), the major balances in the spatial distribution of the population have remained similar over the intercensal period. The largest centers attract a higher volume of population, and the capital even more so.Zooming in on a regular 1km² grid, densities generally increase everywhere. There are, however, growth differentials, particularly within the urbanised area in the south of the country. According to the OECD’s categorisation of 7 degrees of urbanisation applied per km², the conurbation of Luxembourg-City is expanding to the n... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | working paper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Schlagwörter: | Luxembourg / spatial dsitribution / population / census / grids / degree of urbanisation / Social & behavioral sciences / psychology / Human geography & demography / Sciences sociales & comportementales / psychologie / Geographie humaine & démographie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27522530 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/58906 |
At municipal level, despite very strong demographic growth (+25.7%), the major balances in the spatial distribution of the population have remained similar over the intercensal period. The largest centers attract a higher volume of population, and the capital even more so.Zooming in on a regular 1km² grid, densities generally increase everywhere. There are, however, growth differentials, particularly within the urbanised area in the south of the country. According to the OECD’s categorisation of 7 degrees of urbanisation applied per km², the conurbation of Luxembourg-City is expanding to the north and west, with urban centers emerging all around. On an even finer scale, the residential nuclei demonstrate the major importance (27% of the population) of the urban continuity formed from Luxembourg-City, and highlight high local densities (Esch-sur-Alzette nucleus or smaller nuclei in Kirchberg and Belval). Overall, the nalysis reveals that growth is primarily a process of agglomeration and densification accompanied by centrifugal expansion close to existing centers. Despite the strong population growth, the analysis suggests that overly dispersed urban sprawl seems to be avoided.