Anales de Geografía 2015, vol. 35, núm.1 95-117 96 Socio-spatial dynamics and demographic estimates in the basin international Miño-Sil River

Abstract

In the last decades, distribution and redistribution of the population on the territory has become important as a subject of social interest both regional and national scale. This work is inserted in studies analyzing changes in the settlement system of the population and its effect on the spatial organization of the urban network. The objective of this research is to analyze the changes in the distribution of the population of the municipalities located in the basin international Miño-Sil River. This is an investigation of quantitative type, in its methodological approach, through the use of census data of population considering the period 2001-2011. In the study of the municipalities located in the basin Miño-Sil population size categories were applied. Also, the structure of the current population is examined and a predictive model of the evolution of the population in order of being able to rationally anticipate future trends in the populations analyzed were performed.