Cambios en la población de los municipios de hasta 5000 habitantes de España (2000-2019): una aproximación a la crisis demográfica en el territorio rural

Abstract

The Spanish rural territory of the peninsular interior is immersed in a serious demographic crisis that threatens the survival of a relevant part of its municipalities. During the almost two decades of the 21st century, the trends of depopulation and abandonment, of aging and masculinization of the rural population have not been corrected, but have been chronified to lead to an intense process of demographic desertification of the rural habitat segregated from networks and activities of capitalist globalization. A Copernican change in territorial planning and planning policies is urgently needed, promoting a reform of the Local Administration towards the federal constitution of Comarcas and an endogenous and integral ecodevelopment that basically rejuvenates the rural population thanks to the immigration