TY - BOOK ED - Comisión Europea TI - The impact of demographic change on European regions SN - 978-92-895-0867-4 PY - 2016/// PB - European Union, Committee of the Regions KW - Unión Europea KW - Economía KW - Geografía humana KW - Derechos humanos KW - Educación y empleo KW - Emigración e inmigración KW - Países de la Unión Europea N2 - The core long-term structural demographic change in Europe is ageing: the current ratio of working age population to old dependent population below 4 to 1 will, according to Eurostat projections, be replaced by a ratio of 2 to 1 by 2050. Demographic change in individual Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) will depend on their capacity to attract the working-age population. However, concentrations of seniors in specific localities and regions do not necessarily constitute a challenge or handicap, insofar as this population’s income from retirement schemes provides the basis for the development of a wide range of economic activities UR - http://espas.eu/orbis/sites/default/files/generated/document/en/Impact_demographic_change_european_regions.pdf ER -