Abstract
The process of suburbanization in Babīte rural municipality after the year 2000
Highlights
Since the year 2000 in Latvia, many new single-family-house villages have appeared in the outskirts of large cities, close to highways, in landscape areas or within the borders of already existing villages (Grīne and Strautnieks 2012; Grīne and Strautnieks 2018)
Principal Results and Discussion Babīte parish with an area of 165.3 sq. km. is situated in the central part of Latvia, bordering with Rīga and the Town of Jūrmala
According to statistical data provided by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB), in 2018 Babīte parish was inhabited by 8977 people, which is approx. 87% of the population of the Babīte county, the density of population being 54.3 people per sq.km
Summary
Since the year 2000 in Latvia, many new single-family-house villages have appeared in the outskirts of large cities, close to highways, in landscape areas or within the borders of already existing villages (Grīne and Strautnieks 2012; Grīne and Strautnieks 2018). A typical example is to be found in the rural territories surrounding Rīga, the capital of Latvia These territories have been intensively built up over the past 20 years. Since 2000 the population in the rural territories surrounding Rīga has grown mainly at the expense of migration – people have moved to the suburban rural territories to live but still work and access public services in town, favouring the growth of outskirt migration. Another type of suburbanisation observed in the area is when people (and companies) move to suburbs where blocks of flats are being built. After the year 2000 the intensity of suburbanisation and migration to the suburban Rīga area has been regulated by housing construction, the housing market and the outreach of jobs (Bērziņš 2011)
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