Fig. 5: Population trends in 2006–2012 and 2012–2018 broken down into natural change and net migration.
From: Higher immigration and lower land take rates are driving a new densification wave in European cities
Nat = natural change, Mig = net migration. Red dots correspond to shrinking cities, blue dots to growing cities (see Fig. 2 panels c and d). The trend cited first in the legend is the prevailing one (circles with a black outline indicate prevailing migration, circles without outline indicate prevailing natural change). The signs + and – in the legend indicate positive and negative change respectively; ++ and – – signal cases in which the contribution of net migration is at least 5 times greater than that of natural change. Light hues are used when the two trends are contrasting (i.e., one positive and the other one negative), dark hues that they are concordant (i.e., both positive or both negative). Panel (a) refers to the period 2006–2012, panel (b) refers to the period 2012–2018.
