RT Journal Article
T1 Newcomers and rural crisis: beyond the demographic challenge. A case study in Andalusia (Spain)
A1 Álvarez Montoya, José Manuel
A1 Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
K1 Rural crisis
K1 Newcomers
K1 Socio-ecosystems
K1 Spain
AB Newcomers are key agents in the fight against rural depopulation, but the rural crisis is not only a demographic fact; it is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, so we set out to analyse it from the perspective of the socioecosystem. In this article, we study the relationship between newcomers and rural crisis, focusing on the way in which new residents are integrated into the socio-ecosystem at the socio-economic, socio-identity, and socioenvironmental levels. To explore the issue empirically and in greater depth from this analytical perspective, we present an ethnographic case study in a village in the Sierra de Aracena mountains (Andalusia, Spain) thatdisplays symptoms of rural crisis while presenting positive demographic evolution. This case study, as paradoxical as it is significant, allows us to reflect on the role of newcomers in the face of rural crisis: the limitationsof their effects beyond demographics. From here, we can enhance, more generally, our understanding of the rural crisis and help to improve policies that aim to mitigate it.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22306
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22306
LA en
NO Journal of Rural Studies 108 103292
NO TURISMO DE BASE LOCAL Y CRISIS RURAL Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain) PDI2021-123158OB-100.
NO Departamento Antropología Social, Psicología Básica y Salud Pública. Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026