TY - GEN N1 - 29 cm N2 - Natural decrease and out-migration are the main processes causing depopulation of rural areas in most of the easternEU countries. The causes of depopulation are varied as well as numerous and might differwithin the same country or even a region. Both internal and international migration play an important role inthepopulation decline in Lithuania, but their relative importance differ from region to region. Depopulationleads to a falling population density and therefore to the shrinkage of social networks, especially in the rural areas. It has broad consequences for the life quality, causes pessimistic attitudes and threatens the futuredevelopment of the sparsely populated areas. There is little hope that the existing demographictrends will change in the nearest future. However, the analysed processes are usually perceived purely negatively, thoughitis not true in somerespects. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/53620/PDF/WA51_72450_r2014-t27_EuropaXXI-Burneika.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Europa XXI 27 (2014) PY - 2014 EP - 95 KW - sparsely populated areas KW - emigration KW - depopulation KW - rural development KW - Lithuania A1 - Burneika, Donatas A1 - Daugirdas, Vidmantas A1 - Ubarevičienė, Rūta PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 27 CY - Warszawa SP - 79 T1 - Migration as a factor of development of the depopulating areas in East EU countries – The case of Lithuania UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/53620 ER -