RUCH WĘDRÓWKOWY LUDNOŚCI W WOJEWÓDZTWIE ŁÓDZKIM PO 2002 R.
MIGRATION OF THE POPULATION IN THE ŁÓDŹ VOIVODSHIP AFTER 2002

Summary/Abstract: In the 21st century, migrations within metropolitan areas, mainly from central cities to suburban areas, and depopulation of peripheral areas began to gain strength. After 2004, the size of emigration from Poland clearly increased, as well as the number of countries to which Poles began to leave, and in the last few years we have observed an advantage of immigration over emigration. The aim of this study is to analyze the scale and spatial extent of population migrations in the Lodzkie Voivodship in the years 2002–2019. The inflow and outflow as well as the effects of these movements (net migration) were analyzed in detail. The text presents domestic and international migrations in the Łódź Voivodeship in general and at the poviat level, defined as a change of permanent place of residence (i.e. registration and deregistration). For a complete picture of the differences in the migration phenomenon in the Lodzkie Voivodship, the analysis was supplemented with the migration attractiveness index. The source of all data presented in this study is the information available in the database of the Central Statistical Office of Demographics. The negative balance of displacements between voivodeships for the region proves the low attractiveness of settlement in the Lodzkie Voivodship. The region loses its inhabitants mainly to the neighboring voivodeships. In the years 2002–2019, the poviats neighboring with the capital of the region were in the best situation, with a positive migration balance, characterized by the influx of people mainly from the voivodeship’s areas. Apart from a positive balance of migratory flows, the following poviats, ie: Brzeziński, Łódzki Wschodni, Pabianicki and Zgierz were also characterized by positive migration efficiency coefficients. This proves the concentration of the suburbanization process in the poviats around Łódź. In the case of foreign migrations, in the last few years, the region has recorded an advantage of immigration over emigration, similarly to the national scale.

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