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The family typology and the main variables that register natural dynamics have experienced great changes since the eighties of the last century, showing new behaviors that, together with the importance of external migratory flows, respond to the parameters of the so-called Second Demographic Transition. Analyzing the intensity of these transformations and the different rhythms that they have followed from a territorial perspective at provincial and municipal level are the objectives of this work, for which we have resorted to an extensive review of the statistical sources available since 1985 and its mapping, highlighting the provincial contrasts and the particularities of the urban and rural areas. Based on the study of nuptial behavior and the increase in divorce, as well as the growing importance of new family models, the loss of relevance of natural growth has been recorded in relation to the migratory balance in the recent evolution of the population, confirming the consolidation of a demographic regime whose main defining variables are already similar to those registered in Western Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article, a proposal for the evaluation of the quality of life in local environments is presented from the bibliographic and documentary review of the most outstanding work. Taking as a good example the province of Segovia (Spain), a field survey is methodologically designed to integrate the most commonly social and subjective variables collected in surveys with the issues related to the spatial analysis. This is an innovative tool to measure the quality of life at the "geographical level", the results of which might be of great interest for the formulation and evaluation of public policies associated to the territory uniqueness and the specific population needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to analyse how the depopulation in the rural areas and the scarcity of services, which are concentrated in the villages with higher demographic entity, have caused an increase of the necessity of displacements as well as the small amount of users does not allow to maintain the conventional transport lines. In view of these problems,the proposal of alternative solutions by the public administration was reflected in the on– demand– transport of Castilla and León, an imaginative option that has shown its viability, satisfying greatly the present demand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study, assessment and design of social policies related to welfare have usually focused on material and economic indicators. However, some recent studies argue for the inclusion of subjective indicators to cater for aspects traditionally relegated to families private lives, such as care or the perception of happiness. According to this background, and from a perspective that seeks to integrate contributions of two social sciences such as sociology and geography, this paper aims a critical review of the scientific literature on subjective well-being, considering the sphere of care and taking welfare as a key element, and also a review of the available indicators. The final objective of this proposal would be to provide justifications and methodological keys, in order to integrate variables of care and territory in welfare analysis. To facilitate this review, we take the European geographical space as a field of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]