Population ageing in Hollow Villages: a perspective from urban rural restructuring in China

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Cui Liu
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/69
Language Italian Pages 9 P. 134-142 File size 296 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2014-069019
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In Cina, negli ultimi anni, le politiche di pianificazione familiare e l’aumento delle aspettative di vita hanno causato la diminuzione della fertilità e l’invecchiamento della popolazione. Si è imposta una netta differenza tra aree rurali e urbane: nelle prime l’invecchiamento e il problema degli anziani sono di gran lunga superiori a quanto si verifica nelle seconde. La popolazione rurale è quindi debole come il ‘cavo di un albero’, tanto che il fenomeno è denominato ‘Villaggio Cavo’ (Hollow Village). I ‘Villaggi Cavi’ sono caratterizzati da una rapida trasformazione demografica e da un’intensa riorganizzazione socio-economica. Data la difficile situazione dell’assistenza medica nella Cina rurale, le politiche di supporto agli anziani dovrebbero creare più welfare, mantenendo il sostegno familiare e perseguendo il più generale obiettivo della coesione urbano-rurale

Keywords: Invecchiamento della popolazione; Hollow Villages; ristrutturazione urbana-rurale

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Cui Liu, Population ageing in Hollow Villages: a perspective from urban rural restructuring in China in "TERRITORIO" 69/2014, pp 134-142, DOI: 10.3280/TR2014-069019