도농복합 안성시의 인구규모와 인구속성의 변화 = The Changes of Population Properties and Population Size in Urban-rural Consolidated City Anseong

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This paper attempted to reveal the phenomenon of population in Anseong designated as an urban-rural consolidated city in 1998. With an increase In the progress of urbanization in the Seoul metropolitan area, the population of Anseong experienced an absolute decline In the 1970-80`s. But, in the 2000`s, the population of Anseong has been increasing each year. Especially, the rapid growth of population was remarkably occurred in the urban areas of Anseong. However, the part of rural areas in Anseong has experienced the decrease of population, also the aging phenomenon of population has been accelerated and the disparity of sex ratio has been deepening. An analysis on the similarity in the properties of population, namely the changes of population properties, clearly shows the symptoms of regional decline in the rural areas such as Gosam-myon, Yangseong-myon, and Seoun-myon. However, even among the urban areas and rural areas, patterns of population properties are different each other. Especially, the sign of regional decline was remarkable in the rural areas, which influenced on the deepening of inequality in the regional development. To solve these problems. balanced development policies between the urban and rural areas are required with an establishment of the settlement system in the rural areas.