<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Over the last ten years, the metropolitan area of Rīga has seen a population increase, while the number of people actually living in the city of Rīga has declined. The aim of this paper is to analyse the process of deconcentration in the Rīga agglomeration, linking these to motivation for migration and changes in the territorial distribution of places of residents. The study analyses factors that lead people to choose a specific place of residence. A comparison of motivation for migration in Rīga and in the zones of its agglomeration shows that there are significant differences in terms of a job as a motivation factor. More important in selecting a new home are the purchase or construction of property, the desire for an attractive environment, and the ability to move into a better home. Efforts to improve quality of life are more distinct in the internal zone of the agglomeration, which means that environmental amenities play a more important role there than in the external zone.</p></abstract>

Over the last ten years, the metropolitan area of Rīga has seen a population increase, while the number of people actually living in the city of Rīga has declined. The aim of this paper is to analyse the process of deconcentration in the Rīga agglomeration, linking these to motivation for migration and changes in the territorial distribution of places of residents. The study analyses factors that lead people to choose a specific place of residence. A comparison of motivation for migration in Rīga and in the zones of its agglomeration shows that there are significant differences in terms of a job as a motivation factor. More important in selecting a new home are the purchase or construction of property, the desire for an attractive environment, and the ability to move into a better home. Efforts to improve quality of life are more distinct in the internal zone of the agglomeration, which means that environmental amenities play a more important role there than in the external zone.

Amenity Migration in Postsocialist Metropolis: The Case of Rīga Agglomeration

Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Raiņa bulv. 19, Rīga, LV-1586, LATVIA

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Over the last ten years, the metropolitan area of Rīga has seen a population increase, while the number of people actually living in the city of Rīga has...

Amenity Migration in Postsocialist Metropolis: The Case of Rīga Agglomeration

Publié en ligne: 14 août 2008

Pages: 71 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-008-0006-1

Mots clés
environmental amenities, deconcentration, migration, quality of life, agglomeration

This content is open access.

Amenity Migration in Postsocialist Metropolis: The Case of Rīga Agglomeration

Publié en ligne: 14 août 2008

Pages: 71 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-008-0006-1

Mots clésenvironmental amenities, deconcentration, migration, quality of life, agglomeration

This content is open access.

Mots clés
environmental amenities, deconcentration, migration, quality of life, agglomeration