Planning, demographics and Slovenia

In this article, the issue of demographics is presented as one of the most important factors in regard to the future development of Slovenia. We are still not fully aware of the consequences of the demographic development in the past, which has caused the current situation. The balance between the a...

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Main Author: Aleksander Jakoš
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urbanistični inštitut RS 2009-01-01
Series:Urbani Izziv
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Online Access:http://urbani-izziv.uirs.si/Portals/uizziv/papers/urbani-izziv-en-2009-20-01-002.pdf
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description In this article, the issue of demographics is presented as one of the most important factors in regard to the future development of Slovenia. We are still not fully aware of the consequences of the demographic development in the past, which has caused the current situation. The balance between the active and retired population is disturbed, as the percentage of retired persons is on the increase. This process will continue, because the number of retirements will increase in the future, mainly due to the demographic reasons. In regard to the current age the structure of the population in Slovenia, we can expect a huge and absolute increase in the number of elderly people and an even faster increase in the percentage of elderly people in the entire population. The number of retired persons will indirectly increase due to the longer life expectancy. In a demographic sense, the increase of elderly people means a significantly higher annual number of deaths and therefore a strong negative natural growth. This will be even more evident due to the significant decrease of the number of births in the last 30 years. This problem arises not only from low birth rates, but also due to the fact that the generations of women in their fertility period are less numerous.
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spelling doaj.art-80bdfd4f76604933ad7ee6838efd31622022-12-21T21:28:00ZengUrbanistični inštitut RSUrbani Izziv0353-64831855-83992009-01-01201141152Planning, demographics and SloveniaAleksander JakošIn this article, the issue of demographics is presented as one of the most important factors in regard to the future development of Slovenia. We are still not fully aware of the consequences of the demographic development in the past, which has caused the current situation. The balance between the active and retired population is disturbed, as the percentage of retired persons is on the increase. This process will continue, because the number of retirements will increase in the future, mainly due to the demographic reasons. In regard to the current age the structure of the population in Slovenia, we can expect a huge and absolute increase in the number of elderly people and an even faster increase in the percentage of elderly people in the entire population. The number of retired persons will indirectly increase due to the longer life expectancy. In a demographic sense, the increase of elderly people means a significantly higher annual number of deaths and therefore a strong negative natural growth. This will be even more evident due to the significant decrease of the number of births in the last 30 years. This problem arises not only from low birth rates, but also due to the fact that the generations of women in their fertility period are less numerous.http://urbani-izziv.uirs.si/Portals/uizziv/papers/urbani-izziv-en-2009-20-01-002.pdfdemographicsnatural growthmigrationspopulation policyspatial planningSlovenia
spellingShingle Aleksander Jakoš
Planning, demographics and Slovenia
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demographics
natural growth
migrations
population policy
spatial planning
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title Planning, demographics and Slovenia
title_full Planning, demographics and Slovenia
title_fullStr Planning, demographics and Slovenia
title_full_unstemmed Planning, demographics and Slovenia
title_short Planning, demographics and Slovenia
title_sort planning demographics and slovenia
topic demographics
natural growth
migrations
population policy
spatial planning
Slovenia
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