Unity in Variety. Employment Dynamics and Specialisation Profiles of Medium-Sized Towns in the Asti-Rovigo Area, Italy (2001–2017)

Maria Antonietta Clerici

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Unity in Variety. Employment Dynamics and Specialisation Profiles of Medium-Sized Towns in the Asti-Rovigo Area, Italy (2001–2017)

Maria Antonietta Clerici

| 31 dic 2020

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Volumen 39 (2020): Edición 4 (December 2020)

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Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2020

Páginas: 5 - 22

Recibido: 26 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0034

Palabras clave
medium-sized towns, small towns, rural areas, employment, economic specialisation, employment areas

© 2020 Maria Antonietta Clerici, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Percentage change in the number of employees at local units in the 39 towns analysed (2001–2011, 2012–2017).

Finger-Kreinin index in the 39 towns analysed (2001–2017), in descending order by type of town.

Specialisation of the centres (LQ>1) in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity (2001, 2017), percentage value.

Specialisation in the local surroundings (LQ>1) in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity (2001, 2017), percentage value.

Specialisation index in the 39 towns analysed (2001, 2017), in descending order in 2017 by type of town.

The 39 towns analysed: resident population and employees at local units (2001, 2017, 2019).

Type	Province	Municipality	Inhabitants, 2019	Inhabitants/Kmq., 2019	Employees, 2017	Employees/1,000 inhab., 2017	% industry employees
Type	Province	Municipality	Inhabitants, 2019	Inhabitants/Kmq., 2019	Employees, 2017	Employees/1,000 inhab., 2017	2001	2017
A	1	Asti	76,026	502	22,119	290	36.0	25.8
A	2	Alessandria	93,631	460	29,705	316	33.8	26.6
A	3	Pavia	73,086	1,156	24,031	330	25.0	12.5
A	4	Lodi	45,872	1,109	16,093	356	26.8	20.3
A	5	Cremona	72,680	1,031	25,018	347	36.7	28.7
A	6	Mantua	49,403	774	24,635	502	32.3	20.1
A	7	Piacenza	103,942	879	42,651	414	27.7	20.4
A	8	Ferrara	132,052	326	40,968	310	32.1	22.5
A	9	Rovigo	51,104	470	18,649	365	38.1	28.5
B	2	Acqui Terme	19,604	589	5,887	300	32.5	24.6
B	2	Casale Monferrato	33,725	391	11,810	347	41.8	30.0
B	2	Novi Ligure	28,286	512	9,085	322	39.3	37.1
B	2	Tortona	27,291	276	12,545	460	36.3	27.8
B	2	Valenza	18,634	384	8,671	461	69.6	62.3
B	3	Vigevano	63,426	780	18,034	286	50.5	34.5
B	3	Voghera	39,365	621	10,341	263	35.9	27.3
B	5	Crema	34,487	999	13,436	392	29.2	16.0
B	6	Castiglione delle Stiviere	23,704	564	11,149	473	59.0	42.4
B	6	Suzzara	21,313	349	8,842	418	66.9	49.2
B	6	Viadana	20,154	194	7,141	356	57.1	47.5
B	8	Argenta	21,429	69	4,890	227	59.9	36.2
B	8	Cento	35,474	548	11,081	312	56.0	43.6
B	8	Comacchio	22,114	78	6,597	297	29.9	15.0
B	9	Adria	19,347	171	4,702	242	46.2	31.8
C	1	Canelli	10,411	444	4,119	395	58.9	52.2
C	1	Nizza Monferrato	10,290	339	2,875	279	35.9	24.0
C	2	Ovada	11,299	319	3,442	303	37.5	31.0
C	3	Stradella	11,578	615	3,806	327	30.3	22.6
C	3	Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi	5,414	232	3,000	553	66.5	52.4
C	5	Casalmaggiore	15,445	239	4,898	318	54.2	46.4
C	6	Asola	10,056	137	3,450	343	56.8	36.6
C	6	Castel Goffredo	12,733	300	5,010	397	72.7	55.5
C	6	Poggio Rusco	6,647	157	2,187	330	56.8	42.1
C	6	Sermide-Felonica	7,285	91	1,554	212	54.5	37.1
C	7	Castel San Giovanni	13,725	312	6,144	447	46.9	27.8
C	7	Fiorenzuola d’Arda	15,300	256	6,470	424	37.4	29.7
C	8	Copparo	16,234	103	4,862	298	69.0	55.0
C	8	Goro	3,699	111	621	166	36.8	14.3
C	9	Badia Polesine	10,263	230	4,164	402	62.4	58.8
		Total type A	697,796	569	243,869	350	31.9	22.7
		Total type B	428,353	289	144,210	337	47.6	34.7
		Total type C	160,379	208	56,602	352	53.3	40.6

Employees at local units and composition of added value: provinces of the study area (2001–2017).

Provinces	Employees, 2017	Change in number of employees (%)		Added value (%), 2017
Provinces	Employees, 2017	2001–2011	2012–2017	agriculture	industry	tertiary
Asti	56,841	0.7	−3.9	4.8	29.8	65.4
Alessandria	121,553	−2.3	−5.4	2.1	28.6	69.3
Pavia	132,042	−1.6	−1.1	2.6	27.1	70.3
Lodi	56,991	5.3	−2.9	3.6	28.0	68.4
Cremona	100,312	1.6	1.4	5.2	33.0	61.8
Mantua	135,908	−0.3	0.7	6.2	34.9	58.9
Piacenza	95,094	7.3	2.3	3.0	26.7	70.3
Ferrara	91,859	−10.2	−1.5	4.5	25.7	69.8
Rovigo	66,275	−0.7	−5.1	3.7	28.9	67.4
Total provinces	856,875	−0.6	−1.5	4.0	29.4	66.6
Total regions	8,343,492	1.3	1.9	1.7	28.8	69.5

Percentage of employees in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity: town and local surroundings (2001, 2017), line = 100%.

Area	Year	MI1	MI2	COS	EN	KIS1	KIS2	KIS3	KIS4	LKIS1	LKIS2
Provincial capital medium-sized towns	2001	8.9	12.7	7.9	2.4	3.2	10.3	5.4	4.9	17.9	26.4
Provincial capital medium-sized towns	2017	6.7	8.2	5.6	2.0	3.1	14.5	4.3	10.7	15.5	29.4
Non-capital medium-sized towns	2001	12.4	23.4	10.2	1.7	1.7	6.6	3.5	3.2	15.2	22.1
Non-capital medium-sized towns	2017	12.1	22.3	9.7	1.3	1.4	6.6	1.9	5.4	15.6	23.7
Small towns	2001	13.4	28.6	9.3	2.0	1.2	5.5	3.1	2.5	14.2	20.2
Small towns	2017	9.9	16.4	6.6	1.8	1.7	10.8	3.2	7.1	14.5	28.0
Local surroundings	2001	14.7	30.3	11.9	1.2	0.9	3.4	1.9	2.3	13.5	19.9
Local surroundings	2017	13.1	22.3	9.0	1.3	1.1	5.7	2.1	5.9	14.9	24.6
Total provinces	2001	12.5	24.2	10.5	1.7	1.7	5.9	3.2	3.2	15.1	22.0
Total provinces	2017	10.4	17.4	7.8	1.6	1.8	9.2	2.8	7.4	15.4	26.2
Total regions	2001	13.1	23.5	8.9	1.3	3.3	7.3	3.7	3.3	14.9	20.6
Total regions	2017	10.4	16.1	7.0	1.4	3.6	10.5	3.6	6.6	14.8	26.2

Percentage change in the number of employees at local units: centres and local surroundings (2001–2011, 2012–2017).

Type	2001–2011		2012–2017
Type	centres	local surroundings	centres	local surroundings
Provincial capital medium-sized towns	−0.9	−3.5	1.0	−3.0
Non-capital medium-sized towns	−3.2	−3.1	0.7	−4.7
Small towns	−3.9	−4.9	0.1	−3.7

No. of cases of specialisation (LQ>1) in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity: centres and local surroundings (2001, 2017).

Area	Year	MI1	MI2	COS	EN	KIS1	KIS2	KIS3	KIS4	LKIS1	LKIS2
Centres	2001	9	11	9	17	16	19	24	17	18	22
Centres	2017	7	11	9	21	14	20	22	17	11	17
Local surroundings	2001	20	29	26	7	2	–	–	6	4	5
Local surroundings	2017	20	30	33	11	3	1	1	9	14	9

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Unity in Variety. Employment Dynamics and Specialisation Profiles of Medium-Sized Towns in the Asti-Rovigo Area, Italy (2001–2017)

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2020

Páginas: 5 - 22

Recibido: 26 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0034

Palabras clave
medium-sized towns, small towns, rural areas, employment, economic specialisation, employment areas

© 2020 Maria Antonietta Clerici, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

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The 39 towns analysed: resident population and employees at local units (2001, 2017, 2019).

Employees at local units and composition of added value: provinces of the study area (2001–2017).

Percentage of employees in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity: town and local surroundings (2001, 2017), line = 100%.

Percentage change in the number of employees at local units: centres and local surroundings (2001–2011, 2012–2017).

No. of cases of specialisation (LQ>1) in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity: centres and local surroundings (2001, 2017).

Unity in Variety. Employment Dynamics and Specialisation Profiles of Medium-Sized Towns in the Asti-Rovigo Area, Italy (2001–2017)

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2020

Páginas: 5 - 22

Recibido: 26 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0034

Palabras clavemedium-sized towns, small towns, rural areas, employment, economic specialisation, employment areas

© 2020 Maria Antonietta Clerici, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

Fig. 5

The 39 towns analysed: resident population and employees at local units (2001, 2017, 2019).

Employees at local units and composition of added value: provinces of the study area (2001–2017).

Percentage of employees in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity: town and local surroundings (2001, 2017), line = 100%.

Percentage change in the number of employees at local units: centres and local surroundings (2001–2011, 2012–2017).

No. of cases of specialisation (LQ>1) in 10 industries broken down by level of technological and knowledge intensity: centres and local surroundings (2001, 2017).

Palabras clave
medium-sized towns, small towns, rural areas, employment, economic specialisation, employment areas