%0 Journal Article
%T Amenity Migration in Postsocialist Metropolis: The Case of R¨©ga Agglomeration
%A M¨¡ris B¨¥rzi
%A Zaiga Kri j¨¡ne
%J Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
%D 2008
%I Versita
%R 10.2478/v10046-008-0006-1
%X Over the last ten years, the metropolitan area of R¨©ga has seen a population increase, while the number of people actually living in the city of R¨©ga has declined. The aim of this paper is to analyse the process of deconcentration in the R¨©ga agglomeration, linking these to motivation for migration and changes in the territorial distribution of places of residents. The study analyses factors that lead people to choose a specific place of residence. A comparison of motivation for migration in R¨©ga and in the zones of its agglomeration shows that there are significant differences in terms of a job as a motivation factor. More important in selecting a new home are the purchase or construction of property, the desire for an attractive environment, and the ability to move into a better home. Efforts to improve quality of life are more distinct in the internal zone of the agglomeration, which means that environmental amenities play a more important role there than in the external zone.
%K environmental amenities
%K deconcentration
%K migration
%K quality of life
%K agglomeration
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