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Regional Variation of Age Composition in Functional Urban Areas

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The aim of the chapter is to show the regional differences in the age composition of the FUA population. The research also aimed at showing the relationships between the size of the FUAs and the age composition of its inhabitants. The chapter also investigates the differences in age dependencies against non-FUAs areas, including peripheral regions.

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  1. Department of Socio-economic Geography, Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Krakow, Poland

    Sławomir Kurek & Mirosław Wójtowicz

  2. Faculty of Geography and Geology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Krakow, Poland

    Jadwiga Gałka

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Kurek, S., Wójtowicz, M., Gałka, J. (2020). Regional Variation of Age Composition in Functional Urban Areas. In: Functional Urban Areas in Poland. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31527-6_4

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