出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：The paper’s main aim is to analyse fertility differences within a metropolitan area. Our initial hypothesis is that, due to two recent and intense processes, international migration and suburbanisation, intra-metropolitan demographic behaviour is increasingly spatially segmented. To this aim we have used the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona (RMB) as a study case and have calculated the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for 26 metropolitan subareas. Results confirm our hypothesis as the core city has lower fertility rates than the rest of metropolitan municipalities, while those belonging to the suburban inner-ring, where a large amount of immigrant women have settled, currently have the highest rates.
关键词：fertility;metropolitan area;differential demographic behaviours;population spatial analysis;Barcelona;fecundidad;área metropolitana;comportamientos diferenciales;análisis espacial de la población;Barcelona;fécondité;région métropolitaine;différences dans les comportements démographiques;analyse spatiale de la population;Barcelone
