SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING ON STOCKHOLM INNER-CITY

The purpose of this study is to document and evaluate the nature of the socio-demographic structure and change in inner Stockholm, especially between 1970 and 1990. The study is set within the context of two complementary perspectives concerning inner-city change, the reurbanization model and the gentrification process. Specifically, we argue that broad structural factors at the international and national levels will be felt at the regional, city and neighbourhood levels. The outcomes will be expressed in both production and consumption terms, including socio-demographic changes in inner-city populations. Socio-demographic change in inner Stockholm is analyzed using information by individual years, 1970-1990, for total population, net migration and age groups (total and by sex) and by five-year intervals for marital status (total and by sex). The results support the reurbanization model and point to dramatic shifts in inner-city population according to age structure and marital status.